[ASK] how to install Python in armbian

[Arjuna]

hi.

 

i am new to armbian and i want to start learning python 

i use below tutorial but it does't work

https://youtu.be/D_N2K2fTH2M

 

any body have other reference for me to install python 3.7.0?

 

i am using orange pi pc.

 

thanks.

[martinayotte]

3 hours ago, Arjuna said:

i use below tutorial but it does't work

What issue you've faced ?

3 hours ago, Arjuna said:

reference for me to install python 3.7.0

Why do you need to have latest version ? Most distros have already python2 and python3 ...

[ag123]

simply type

$ python

>>> print "hello world"

does that work? if it works python is already installed, google search for other tutorials

[Tido]

9 hours ago, Arjuna said:

any body have other reference for me to install python 3.7.0? 

I don't have reference, but if you do in a terminal:

dpkg -l python3.*

you can see what version you have installed by looking for the 'ii'.

 

As @martinayotte, already wrote 2.x and 3.x is usually already installed. Depending on your 'project' the installed version is already sufficent for your needs and you can start programming :-)

 

[Arjuna]

home@orangepipc:~$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.0
home@orangepipc:~$ python --version
Python 2.7.12
home@orangepipc:~$ python
Python 2.7.12 (default, Dec  4 2017, 14:50:18) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 

 

yeah you are right guys, i now know that armbian already included python as pre-install. 

i guest i will google more about installing the interpreter and make python 3.7.0 as my default.  Because i have these e-book about python 3 version not python 2 version.

 

thank you all for your reply. 

[Tido]

Python 3 is under heavy development. That said, depending of the age of the book I would choose the appropriate python version. The newest might not be the 'best'.

 

[martinayotte]

12 hours ago, Arjuna said:

google more about installing the interpreter and make python 3.7.0 as my default

no needs to install since it is already there ... To make it default, simply remove current /usr/bin/python symbolic link and recreate new one pointing to /usr/bin/python3.7 ...