How to Install idle3 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install idle3 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

idle3 software package provides IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install idle3 

idle3 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the idle3 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep idle3 *

You will get with idle3 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

idle3 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Python
Package idle3
Version 3.5.1-3
Description IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version)
Sub Section Python


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