Python & Linux ?

[Peter Moscatt]

Hi Remco,

Yea, ya right.... it's difficult coming in from one enviroment (Win) to 
a new one which is totally different.
So, if Linux programs aren't installable as such, what does the Software 
Manager do.  I thought it got the RPM files, uncompressed them then 
installed ??

Thanks for your help.

Pete


Remco Gerlich wrote:

>Peter Moscatt <pmoscatt at bigpond.net.au> wrote in comp.lang.python:
>
>>I have just migrated from Win98 over to Linux.  My programming platform 
>>under Win98 was VB.
>>Now in Linux, I have decided to program using the Python platform.
>>I have bought myself a get started book and from what I can gather - 
>>Python is a Interpreter and not a Compiler, therefore only being able to 
>>develop scripts instead of installable programs.
>>
>>Have I got it all wrong here ??
>>
>
>On Windows, this sort of thing is irritating, but then until a recent
>version, VB had the same thing, and it didn't bother people that much.
>
>On Linux, Python is usually already there. If the file starts with the
>appropriate line (#!/usr/bin/env python) and is executable, it works just
>like any "real" executable. There's no difference.
>
>And the notion of an "installable program" is something from Windows.
>