How to Install and Uninstall idle-python2.7 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: February 11,2025

1. Install "idle-python2.7" package

This tutorial shows how to install idle-python2.7 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                idle-python2.7
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "idle-python2.7" package

Learn how to uninstall idle-python2.7 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                idle-python2.7
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the idle-python2.7 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: idle-python2.7
Architecture: all
Version: 2.7.18-8build1
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_2.7.18-8build1_all.deb
Size: 269130
MD5sum: a4563b9c226953e9a87e5a170ba57d46
SHA1: 483c17eae4d5da600477b442a482f64ba2cf5c2f
SHA256: 292c0f05f74d83f70d7d4f5c15a780bbea69dd551e976cb46678f6380590a43d
SHA512: d6bdc28df46ebdb49ed019e13959eb941a65c94db64742a093c37fb1f680c341f97a7d8a4102a4678359159c99b34c6663af7f087ce60a055fb7c24be90275aa
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