Re: [circle] obtaining python

[Peter Moulder]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 08:20:24AM +1000, Nathan Hurst wrote:

> The first line you only need to do once to make sure that the file is
> executable, the second line runs the program.  In Unix any file can be
> executable - if you look at the circle file you'll discover it is just
> the program source.  the very first line (#!/usr/bin/python) tells the
> system to run that command first, and give it this file to run.

Most Linux/Gnu distributions have a python package available.  If you
don't have python installed on your system, then try

  apt-get install python python-gtk2

If you see `apt-get: command not found', then try looking for a python
package on your distribution's installation CD.  You may find it in a
section like programming languages, development, interpreters, or it may
have a section to itself (`python').

Failing that, look at http://www.python.org/.

pjm.