Re: Python

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 08 July 2017 13:06:29 Kris G wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am considering switching over to Debian from Fedora. I was wondering if
> Debian Jessie has python pre installed? Or does it have to be installed via
> the terminal as an apt-get?
>
> I apologise if this is a silly question?
>
> Regards.
>
> Sent from my iPhone

Why are you thinking of causing yourself problems by installing Jessie (Old 
Stable, soon out of support) when the current Stable is Stretch?

To answer your question:

lisi@Eros:~$ aptitude show python
Package: python
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Multi-Arch: allowed
Version: 2.7.9-1
Priority: standard
Section: python
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 696 k
Depends: python2.7 (>= 2.7.9-1~), libpython-stdlib (= 2.7.9-1)
PreDepends: python-minimal (= 2.7.9-1)
Suggests: python-doc (= 2.7.9-1), python-tk (>= 2.7.9-1~)
Conflicts: python-central (< 0.5.5), python-central (< 0.5.5), python
Breaks: update-manager-core (< 0.200.5-2), update-manager-core (< 0.200.5-2)
Replaces: python-dev (< 2.6.5-2), python-dev (< 2.6.5-2)
Provides: python-ctypes, python-email, python-importlib, python-profiler, 
python-wsgiref, python:any
Description: interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)
 Python, the high-level, interactive object oriented language, includes an 
extensive class library
 with lots of goodies for network programming, system administration, sounds 
and graphics.

 This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default 
Python version (currently
 v2.7).
Homepage: http://www.python.org/

Tags: devel::interpreter, devel::lang:python, implemented-in::c, 
implemented-in::python,
      interface::commandline, role::metapackage, role::program, scope::utility

lisi@Eros:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
8.8
lisi@Eros:~$

Lisi