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Installing python with IDLE

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1156 / 2 Years ago, thu, february 24, 2022, 9:31:53

I used the synaptic package manager to download the following:

python(was already installed), libpython3.2, python3.2-dbg, idle-python3.2, ' python3.2- minimal(was already installed)

When I run the IDLE I type a simple line like
print "some sample text"

And I get a syntax error.
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Python 3.2.3 (default, Oct 19 2012, 20:13:42) 

[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2

Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

==== No Subprocess ====

>>> print "some sample text"

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

>>>

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answered 2 Years ago ampolinhad · Accepted Answer

Actually, there's nothing wrong with the package you installed, you are trying to use python 3, check the what's new page to see the differences, one of them is that:

The print statement has been replaced with a print() function, with keyword arguments to replace most of the special syntax of the old print statement (PEP 3105). Examples:

Old: print "The answer is", 2*2

New: print("The answer is", 2*2)



Old: print x,           # Trailing comma suppresses newline

New: print(x, end=" ")  # Appends a space instead of a newline



Old: print              # Prints a newline

New: print()            # You must call the function!



Old: print >>sys.stderr, "fatal error"

New: print("fatal error", file=sys.stderr)



Old: print (x, y)       # prints repr((x, y))

New: print((x, y))      # Not the same as print(x, y)!