[Tutor] Python 2.7 on Ubuntu 11.10 - Do not unintall

[Prasad, Ramit]

>I use OS X / Windows and I have not noticed any dependency issues. So I was not aware about the same with respect to Ubuntu. I am glad that I learnt something from this discussion.

I might be wrong, but Ubuntu itself is not dependent on Python. You can probably run a minimalist headless Ubuntu server without Python. Especially since the OP seemed able to login to his machine without it. X/Desktop requires it.

I am not sure if OS X needs it, but I do know it comes with Python installed.

Joel M: Pretty much the only things that require restarting (from my experience with Debian) are kernel changes and hardware changes. You just had to restart X / login manager (gdm).

Ramit


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