python installed but not showing up

[emorrp1]

Hello, and Welcome to Linux Mint. Since all the mintTools are written in python, you already have python installed. Simply speaking it's a command-line app, so open a console, type python and then try out something like:

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>>> 1+2
3
>>> for i in range(1,5):
...      print i
1
2
3
4

anything you type at the python interpreter is lost as soon as you type quit(). If you want to store a python program, write it with a text editor and save it as my_prog.py then you can run it with python my_prog.py

[tacoz]

start a terminal session and type python; this is helpful (i) to test that python is installed and (ii) for playing interactively with simple commands
I found this google book tutorial rather helpful

once you're ready to move on from the interpreter, install Dive Into Python (see package manager) or you may find more help below:
http://hetland.org/writing/instant-python.html < great starting point
http://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2007/0 ... or-python/
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PythonRecipes