Raspberry Pi Linux LESSON 24: Running Python on the Raspberry Pi

In this lesson we show how to run python programs on the raspberry pi. The lesson shows that python comes preinstalled on the py, and we show how to select different versions of Python.

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[marciuse]

Paul, you´re a very good teacher! Yours videos are very clear! I´m a retired IT professional but I´ve been remember and you are very helpfull!

[bluesquare]

This series is starting to get exciting.

[markgraves]

Thank you for getting me to the point where I feel comfortable moving around and doing things in Linux. Your approach allows someone like me, that is not a systems administrator, to learn what they need to use the system and do useful things. Please keep up the great work!

[mannyarredondo]

Mr Paul thank you so much for the time and effort you put into making these videos.

[charlesbrewer]

Hi Paul,
I just thought I should send you a note to thank you for these videos. I have been working through them and they are greatly appreciated.
Best wishes from Australia

[GerardDruiven]

what nice things you do with the students en give them access to tell about it in other youtube tuts, besides this raspberry lessons. Thumb up

[jimvanden]

Paul: I am taking your advice and starting your ARDUINO lessons. Looks like the ARDUINO is more what I am looking for to make my self cleaning kitty litter box (better than the ones already out there).

[RawCuriosity]

Tip:you can also do “ls -l” to get the data of the file shown in “ls”

[Robtmmartine]

After I follow the steps and create the file on nano, after I ctrl X out of nano and enter when it try’s to save the program I get error writing program.py: permission denied. I get an error on idle 3 also when I try to save. What do I need to do to save without?

[Robtmmartine]

I figured it out. Root had the permissions for the files that I made to save scripts. I had to use the chown command and it worked.

[LLnoobBA]

Very nice and friendly tutorial buddy, thanks! greets from morocco.

[Zebsy]

Would thoroughly recommend doing a 'mkdir' then a 'cd' into that dir, so you don't have to keep typing the name of the dir all the time!

[luke]

Thanks for this video! I'm trying to running a script that need an non standard python module that I download from a external source. Script seem works within pycharm ide (where I installed the "external" package.
When I try to run the script within a raspberry pi using python 2.7.13 I got an error like this: "importerror no module named...". Why this ?

[WayneRigley]

well, thanks again 2 days later and i now have my 3 scripts ( Linear Actuator open, Linear Actuator close & Coop LEDon ) ive set them up on crontab and also tested from the terminal that each run. now the next step is to connect my relay and watch the lights ! lol so exciting!well.. the update, yes it all so exciting.. but my question is if i update the Pi files and i do a reboot will the crontab thats set up still work.. ? any way to check this or make it run on reboot

[abdulwasaykhan]

Hi Paul, your tutorials are really great. Keep up the good work. I was just wondering that what if we want to print a C program how would we run that? as you showed for python that is built-in you just write python in the beginning that works what about C or other languages? looking forward to you reply! Thanks

[petersgrote]

Hi Paul, great video and since I am very new to Linux this series of video's is very help full. Can you please tell me have to handle making a *.sh file that I am going to make the /usr/bin directory. I have been able using the nano to create the file, but when I need the check permission and use ls -l I can not see the file (wdt.sh) that I just made.

[lucapignotti]

Thanks thanks thank for being there. You are an angel!!!

[erygion]

Great lesson sir, I definitely want to learn more. I'll be doing your python with arduino lessons as well. *^_^*

[VCTHAR]

thank q sir for sharing your knowledge with us .

[elhamkeshavarzarshadi]

how a bout running programs on different python version?
like python 3.7.2?if the default version is 3.5.3