How to install Python 3 on a Chromebook

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Today we are looking at how to install Python 3 on a Chromebook.   This method will also install additional packages that you need to use python as a programming environment. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

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We also installed Pip in this tutorial, which you can install additional development tools, with
pip3 install package_name

If you have any questions, please contact us via a YouTube comment and we would be happy to assist you!

Commands Used:
1) sudo apt update
2) sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
3) sudo apt install python3 python3-pip build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev -y
4) python3 --version


The commands are based on this:

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Comments

  1. Unknown13 December 2020 at 09:21

    how do i open up python after i finished all the steps?

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    1. Unknown28 December 2020 at 20:07

      have you figured it out yet?

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    2. justKy11 January 2021 at 18:05

      i have the same question, theirs no app icon for it soo

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    3. Unknown19 January 2021 at 05:54

      same how do i find it?

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    4. Unknown3 February 2021 at 16:00

      if you type in "menulibre" and press enter you will be brought up to a menu then go into the programming section and then press on python then it should show a command that you can copy and paste into terminal and press enter and then it is now python.

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    5. Unknown3 February 2021 at 16:05

      you might have to install menulibre first though and I forgot how to do that. :(

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    6. Unknown20 February 2021 at 11:58

      read my comment below

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  2. Unknown20 February 2021 at 11:57

    you type python3 in the terminal and press enter to launch python

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