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On Linux systems, idle uses the x11 windowing system, which is also the native windowing system for Linux.

#SEE ALL PYTHON VERSIONS INSTALL#

You do not need to install a graphics package to run idle, since any modern computer will have a suitable windowing system. idle needs to be run in a windowing environment that displays graphics. You can write scripts using any text editor you like, and run them using the basic command-line interpreter, but almost all installations of Python come with a very nice integrated development environment called idle, which offers a smarter interpreter window and also an easy-to-use editor that's aware of Python syntax. For basic information on starting up the python interpreter and writing and running scripts, see Learning Python. In order to display graphics within Python, you will also need to install a graphics package, as described under Graphics. Installation and use of the courseware modules is described under Courseware. This page deals only with the basic Python installation. To run the courseware, you need to install python and the array-handline package numpy. That should be just about everybody, but I have retained this page in case Enthought stops making their distribution available without charge, and also for users who might want some additional information about what parts of a Python installation are actually used by the courseware. Note: This page has not been updated, and is not needed by users who are using the Enthought distribution described under Quick Start or Python.

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