part igetting started with python click install ubuntu begins the process of installing python progress bar shows the download and installation status when the installation is completethe install button changes to remove button close the ubuntu software center folder you see python icon added to the desktop python is ready for use accessing python on your machine after you have python installed on your systemyou need to know where to find it in some respectspython does everything it can to make this process easy by performing certain taskssuch as adding the python path to the machine' path information during installation even soyou need to know how to access the installationwhich the following sections describe using windows windows installation creates new folder in the start menu that contains your python installation you can access it by choosing startall programs python the two items of interest in the folder when creating new applications are idle (python guiand python (command linea word about the screenshots as you work your way through the bookyou'll use either idle or the python command-line shell to work with python the name of the graphical (guienvironmentidleis precisely the same across all three platformsand you won' even see any significant difference in the presenta tion the differences you do see are minorand you should ignore them as you work through the book with this in mindthe book does rely heav ily on windows screenshots -all the screen shots you see were obtained from windows system for the sake of consistency the command-line shell also works pre cisely the same across all three platforms the presentation may vary little more than idle does simply because the shell used for each platform varies slightly howeverthe commands you type for one platform are precisely the same on another platform the output is the same as well when viewing the screenshotlook at the content rather than for specific differences in the presentation of the shell