Python is an interpreted, general-purpose high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability.
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Best way to upgrade vim/gvim to 7.3 in Ubuntu 10.04?
I have to use Ubuntu 10.04 at work, and cant upgrade it. I'm using Vim/gVim 7.2.
I want to upgrade it to 7.3 (with Python and Ruby extension support). Which is the best way? Add an entry in ...
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How can I have more than one possibility in a script's shebang line?
I'm in a bit of an interesting situation where I have a Python script that can theoretically be run by a variety of users with a variety of environments (and PATHs) and on a variety of Linux systems. ...
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How does /usr/bin/env know which program to use?
When I use the shebang #!/usr/bin/env python to run a script, how does the system know which python to use? if I look for a python bin path in the environment variables I find nothing.
env | grep -i ...
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What is the proper way to manage multiple python versions?
I have a machine with Python 2.6 installed as the default Python. Then, I installed Python 2.7, and manually created /usr/bin/python as a symlink to the new installation.
Then, I was running into ...
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Why is this python error message generated whenever I type a nonsense command?
Whenever I type any "nonsense" command, this python error message is generated. Normal commands work fine. Any idea how to debug this?
$ somenonexistingcommand
Traceback (most recent call last):
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How can you change the process name of Wing IDE from python to something more descriptive
In my process list under Ubuntu (using top/System Monitor) one of the largest memory hogs (200+Mb) was python. I searched a bit for one of my programs to be the cause until I realised this was my ...
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How can I install hulahop
I cloned hulahop via git and I'd like to use it and try to run this example.
I have a problem to find out how to build and install it. I also tried to install it with apt-get but I don't have this ...
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Python in GNOME code base
Is Python present in the Gnome code base? If so, how is it involved?
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My question concerns the core GNOME Desktop Environment only (e.g. nautilus, gnome-session, NetworkManager) and any ...
