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Asked by lax89

I used the synaptic package manager to add/install programs and I go through all of the steps in synaptic but the programs do not appear under the applications menu. I tried to find Python which is definitely on my computer because I can find all of the folders that go along with it and when I type it in under the terminal "help" and "copy right" come up. I am obviously new to Linux but I am not sure if I am missing something or if something is not working properly. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks...

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

Python should be under Applications, Programming.

If it is not, then go to System, Preferences, Main Menu. Find Programming in the left column, left click on it and in the right hand pane place a tick next to Python.

Normally this is automatic.

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lax89 (travdawg2005) said : 		#2

After I did that, Programming shows up under the Applications menu and when I click python the Terminal pops up again and says...

Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52)
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#3

That is what it is supposed to show.

Type help()

... and learn Python.

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lax89 (travdawg2005) said : 		#4

Thanks I just wanted to make sure thats what it was supposed to do