Focal Fossa has no Python2
by CollieJim from LinuxQuestions.org on (#53F4E)
I have just installed Focal Fossa and use the Cinnamon desktop. It's been good so far, but I have a problem.
The distro does not come with Python2 installed. Pity those running applications that need it. Like me.
I use the Arduino IDE. A build just failed with it asking for python.
I tried 'apt-get install python' and got a minimal set of files.
I tried again and the IDE wanted 'serial'.
It wants the 'serial' module but pyserial is not available with apt-get, nor is pip as far as I can tell. I installed python-pip-whl, but I still do not see pip.
How can I get a full Python2 properly installed?
The distro does not come with Python2 installed. Pity those running applications that need it. Like me.
I use the Arduino IDE. A build just failed with it asking for python.
I tried 'apt-get install python' and got a minimal set of files.
I tried again and the IDE wanted 'serial'.
It wants the 'serial' module but pyserial is not available with apt-get, nor is pip as far as I can tell. I installed python-pip-whl, but I still do not see pip.
How can I get a full Python2 properly installed?