part igetting started with python using the standard linux installation the standard linux installation works on any system howeverit requires you to work at the terminal and type commands to complete it some of the actual commands may vary by version of linux the information at docs python org/ /installprovides some helpful tips that you can use in addition to the procedure that follows navigate to with your browser you see information regarding the latest version of pythonas shown in figure - click the appropriate link for your version of linuxa python compressed source tarball (any version of linuxb python xzipped source tarball (better compression and faster download when asked whether you want to open or save the filechoose save the python source files begin downloading be patientthe source files require minute or two to download double-click the downloaded file the archive manager window opens after the files are extractedyou see the python folder in the archive manager window double-click the python folder the archive manager extracts the files to the python subfolder of your home folder open copy of terminal the terminal window appears if you have never built any software on your system beforeyou must install the build essentialssqliteand bzip or the python installation will fail otherwiseyou can skip to step to begin working with python immediately type sudo apt-get install build-essential and press enter linux installs the build essential support required to build packages (see for details type sudo apt-get install libsqlite -dev and press enter linux installs the sqlite support required by python for database manipulation (see libsqlite -dev for details