How to start IDLE that comes with Python 3.6

问题

I am using LinuxMint 18.I installed python 3.5 and 3.6 using apt-get in terminal. I can open IDLE of python 2.7 and 3.5 using commands idle and idle3 respectively. Anyone knows how to access IDLE that comes with python 3.6?

回答1:

Try the command idle3.6. python3 and idle3 are still associated with your system Python, which is 3.5.

回答2:

Simply typing in idle3.6 should work just like carusot42 mentioned. If it doesn't work, perhaps you might want to see if everything else is installed correctly. Here are the steps I followed which worked perfectly fine for me. I am also running Linux Mint 18. The steps that I followed were:

Installed the prerequisites of Python. Do that by typing in the following commands -
```
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
```
sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev
Download Python using the following command and extract it (use your desired location) -

cd /usr/src

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.1/Python-3.6.1.tgz

sudo tar xzf Python-3.6.0.tgz

Next step is to compile python source. To do that type in the commands below-

cd Python-3.6.1

./configure

sudo make altinstall

make altinstall is used to prevent replacing the default python binary file /usr/bin/python

You should be good to go. You check your Python version by typing python3.6 -V in the terminal.

Once you do that, type in idle3.6 and then Python 3.6.1 shell should open for you.

回答3:

The Software Manager in Linux Mint lists the Python Packages and IDLE Packages separately. After you install Python, go look up the associated IDLE package in the Software Manager and install it. Reboot and it should work fine. It worked for me.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42003141/how-to-start-idle-that-comes-with-python-3-6

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