How to Install and Uninstall idle Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "idle" package

This guide let you learn how to install idle on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                idle
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "idle" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall idle on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                idle
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the idle package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: idle
Architecture: all
Version: 2.7.12-1~16.04
Priority: optional
Section: python
Source: python-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 19
Depends: python (>= 2.7.12-1~16.04), python-tk, idle-python2.7
Breaks: python (<< 2.7.3-1~)
Replaces: python (<< 2.7.3-1~)
Enhances: python
Filename: pool/main/p/python-defaults/idle_2.7.12-1~16.04_all.deb
Size: 2808
MD5sum: 1907d059c616112e895d80bd0daaec0a
SHA1: f14afbca7f87b83d6d4b79839910e2c5827857e7
SHA256: 8ab4bcea7bb87378424e0889158c7060bc1c54d5b86bca5f8da756429feeea98
SHA512: 709a832b3564b2a5eedaf307483b6aff3c5a776da16a2a6dbe5c54402d33ea1f7d749970a584040438939ee40792d225c86ef3377e7ab7e10bb73b853cff91f8
Homepage: http://www.python.org/
Description-en: IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version)
IDLE is an Integrated Development Environment for Python.
IDLE is written using Tkinter and therefore quite platform-independent.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Python version (currently v2.7) of IDLE.
Description-md5: d98c42430725f0a7a890e93ce1835e7a
Supported: 5y

Package: idle
Priority: optional
Section: python
Installed-Size: 19
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Source: python-defaults
Version: 2.7.11-1
Replaces: python (<< 2.7.3-1~)
Depends: python (>= 2.7.11-1), python-tk, idle-python2.7
Breaks: python (<< 2.7.3-1~)
Filename: pool/main/p/python-defaults/idle_2.7.11-1_all.deb
Size: 2806
MD5sum: 6236e027099f12f23166a18cb2f121ae
SHA1: 3ed1b26ac11d4258c53014d5b67e8d46a79d24c9
SHA256: 943128e259b0dc1ebb82fa47916fb2657089678565156957e1fb15ab3695a405
Description-en: IDE for Python using Tkinter (default version)
IDLE is an Integrated Development Environment for Python.
IDLE is written using Tkinter and therefore quite platform-independent.
.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Python version (currently v2.7) of IDLE.
Description-md5: d98c42430725f0a7a890e93ce1835e7a
Enhances: python
Homepage: http://www.python.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y