Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: > For ubuntu you should need nothing for python. > In other words python should run on a basic ubuntu installation. > From the shell just type python and the interpreter should start. > > For more specialized work there are dozens (maybe hundreds?) of > packages in the apt repos.
% apt-cache show python<TAB><TAB> Display all 2776 possibilities? (y or n) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list