How to Install and Uninstall idle-python2.7 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "idle-python2.7" package

This is a short guide on how to install idle-python2.7 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "idle-python2.7" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall idle-python2.7 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the idle-python2.7 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: idle-python2.7
Architecture: all
Version: 2.7.18-1build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: python2.7
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1313
Depends: python2.7, python-tk (>= 2.6~a3), python2.7-tk
Replaces: python2.7 (<< 2.6.1-2)
Enhances: python2.7
Filename: pool/universe/p/python2.7/idle-python2.7_2.7.18-1build2_all.deb
Size: 259560
MD5sum: dec52825f605d04db6ac0cc44514240d
SHA1: 8c0d57ac887b2a50b05a74afb2ec7cc9c5287613
SHA256: 99577dfef36e622d211b42608e0068fdb06f18ac66b2dc3fabf1fac4539bc72a
SHA512: d1be16d14063bb0afe9f123ce1069bb4692b02408866062dcc957eddf0190bf93cf5ee1c09084be086a24bc7ea0de3d4a7d01cd7f0c4e3d8e337de75e7bc1049
Description-en: IDE for Python (v2.7) using Tkinter
IDLE is an Integrated Development Environment for Python (v2.7).
IDLE is written using Tkinter and therefore quite platform-independent.
Description-md5: 1fd93a936611995336444949b73d0b8a