One of the easiest solution to developing on Python on a Linux machine is using the Eclipse IDE with the Pydev plugin.
There are many links on google which give you a step by step walk through of how to install Eclipse and Pydev.
Here is a link which explains in detail: The Easy Way
There are scnearios when you chose The Hard Way or when you can't go The Easy Way, and that is where this post is useful.
1. Manually Install Eclipse with the tar.gz file
Choose the one that is applicable to your machine
Transfer the tar.gz file to your install directory.
Untar the file with: tar xvfz
Ex: /home/user/install
2. Manually Install Pydev with zip file
Preferrably Download 1.6.5 or above
Download the zip file to the same install directory where you downloaded eclipse
Ex: /home/user/install
If you do an ls inside the install folder you should be able to see the Pydev zip file along
with folders like plugins, features, eclipse binary et al.
Now unzip the Pydev zip file and this will install files in plugins and features directory of eclipse.
3. Run Eclipse and make sure you can use Pydev features
Issue the command ./eclipse -clean from /home/user/install directory to make available Pydev features.
To ensure Pydev is correctly installed. Open eclipse, Click on Window > Open Perspective > Other . You should be able to see Pydev project, this means Pydev is correctly installed
