Solved Installing Python IDLE

[RazorEdge]

Hey guys,

I'm running Debian 11 and trying to locate / install IDLE for Python3. idle and idle3 both turn up nothing in the terminal:

I've searched through the available packages and found few different versions, can you advise which one to install?

Thank you!

 

[wendy-lebaron]

You want the latest version of the interpreter which listed there is v3.9, but IINM the really latest version is v3.12.

There is a way to get a later version than what could be had from "old stable", without upgrading the distro base. But I would have to look it up for you.

 

[RazorEdge]

So you're saying that I'm better to upgrade to Debian 12 before trying this? It's on my to-do list so that's easy enough

 

[wendy-lebaron]

I looked up things on this site:

Python Release Python 3.11.4

The official home of the Python Programming Language

www.python.org

sadly it needs the source code compiled for Linux which sucks but there might be a reason for it.

If this is really very important to you then you could create a Debian 12 installation apart from the one you have. Don't upgrade distro base for this only one thing. It might be better to get a live ISO for Debian 12 for the desktop that you prefer and check it out, if that's what you want in the upgrade.

 

[JasKinasis]

Just install Idle3, which is the metapackage for the version that is currently used by the systems installed version of Python.

 

[RazorEdge]

Without upgrading my distro (which I'll do at some point), I ended up installing the package "idle" as "idle3" was marked as a transitional package. I've managed to get it running fine. Thanks for the help everyone