Phyton in Erle

Open a Erle terminal and try typing:

python

If Python gets initialized, you are ready. Jump to the last paragraph of this page Compiling code. If not, follow the steps bellow:

Installing and configuring Phyton

For installing and running Python in Erle, the first thing you should do is downloading python for Linux from the ofiicial website (it is free): https://www.python.org/download/

Python 3.4.1 compressed source tarball (for Linux, Unix or Mac OS X)

Python 3.4.1 xzipped source tarball (for Linux, Unix or Mac OS X, better compression)

This two files are avaliable for Linux, so choose one.

You can donwload it directly in Erle, using the command line:

wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.1/Python-3.4.1.tgz

The other option is to download it to your computer and then using scpcommand copy it to Erle. You can find the instructions in this tutorial, more specifically ,in this section.

After that you need to extract the files, doing for example:

tar -xzf Python-3.4.1.tgz

You should configure the path and type:

./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo apt-get install python

For more information, or more detailed explanations, you can read this short tutorial.

Compiling code

After having Python installed, for compilling a code you have two possibilities:

• Store the code in a python_file.py, and running it by typing:

python python_file.py

• Typing:

python

And after that type the code.You can use quit() to exit.