On 2013-02-23, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's worth noting, though, that there are self-perpetuating aspects to > it. I can happily distribute a .py file to a Linux audience, because > many Linux distros come with a Python already installed, or at very > least can grab one easily via the package manager.
Are there any popular, mainstream Linux distros that don't come with Python installed by default? RedHat has had Python installed as part of the base system since day 1, since both the installer and some of the system admin stuff was written in Python. I always thought RPM also originally written in Python, but can't find any references. In any case, yum is written in Python, so I doubt there are any RPM-based distros that don't have Python as part of a base install. Python is required by Gentoo, since the package management tools are written (at least partially) in Python. In theory, it might be possible to do an install tha doesn't include Python by using a different package-management system, but in practice Python is always there on Gentoo systems. All of the Debian systems I've seen had Python installed, but I'm not sure how "required" it is. AFAICT, Python is installed as part of all Ubuntu installations as well. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Did you move a lot of at KOREAN STEAK KNIVES this gmail.com trip, Dingy? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list