Downloading python and dependencies.
Installing Python
Step0:open the Terminal on ubuntu 10.04. and enter the following steps. get dependencies.
Step1:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Step2:
sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev
Step3:get software fom website of python
(or you can also download directly from browser to download folder)
cd Downloads/
wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tgz
Step4:Extract and go to the dirctory
tar -xvf Python-2.7.3.tgz && cd Python-2.7.3/
Step5:Now install using the command:(logged in as administrator or root)
./configure
make
sudo make altinstall
Step6: Installing : IDLE Editor for using Python on ubuntu 2.10
cd /home/administrator/Downloads/python2.7.3/Python-2.7.3/Tools
sudo apt-get install idle
Step7: starting editor IDLE in python
idle
Step8: open a new file in idel and name it as Rahultest.py
and write a small program and get it printed. as shown in images below:
