I can't seem to figure out how to download the python shell

Question

So, I have a book about Python, and it wants me to download the python shell from this website: www.python.org/downloads/source

I can't figure out how. Can someone help?

Does this answer your question? I can't check Python version on Ubuntu 20.04 — karel, Aug 08 '20 at 23:31
You haven't given your OS/release details, but older releases have python3 and python (which means python2) pre-installed. Recent releases already have python3 installed (the default now for python) You should need to download or install anything for any supported release (or flavor) of Ubuntu — guiverc, Aug 08 '20 at 23:49
@guiverc did you want to say "... should not need to download..."? — guntbert, Aug 10 '20 at 20:59

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 09 '20 at 13:23

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Ubuntu 20.04 has Python 3 pre-installed.

To open the Python shell, from a terminal type:

python3

In other supported Ubuntu versions you can install Python from the repositories. I would suggest you do this rather than downloading installers from the Internet:

sudo apt install python3

Then run python3 to open the Python shell.

edited Aug 09 '20 at 13:23

BeastOfCaerbannog

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answered Aug 08 '20 at 23:27

Kurankat

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I can't seem to figure out how to download the python shell

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