Idlex 1.13 : Unable To Located "idlexlib"

I really like IDLE because it's simple and intuitive, not to mention it is lightweight, but one turnoff is its lack of Line Numbers which is very important (for me). I installed Py

Solution 1:

Prerequisites

This solution works on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, using

• python3
• idle3
• python3-setuptools
• idlex-1.18.zip

The solution to the issue comes in the form of installing idlex, but there's more to it than that, so I've written the whole process.

Update Repo & Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y idle3 python3-setuptools

Download IDLEx extension package

sudo wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/idlex/files/idlex-1.18.zip -P ~/

Unzip & make idlex hidden

cd ~/
unzip idlex-1.18
mv idlex-1.18 .idlex-1.18

Remove extra directories

rm -rf ~/idlex-1.18 ~/idlex-1.18.zip

Install idlex

cd ~/.idlex-1.18
sudo python3 setup.py install

Ensure Idlex runs

cd ~/.idlex-1.18
python3 idlex.py

Exit the program and proceed to next step.

Create Desktop Shortcut

Setup desktop shortcut for easy access

nano ~/Desktop/idlex.desktop

Paste into the text file:

python3 ~/.idlex-1.18/idlex.py

Press Ctrl+X and type "Y" and enter to save file to desktop.

Make idlex.desktop executable

In terminal, or

sudo chmod +x ~/Desktop/idlex.desktop

Through gnome

Right-click idlex.desktop on your desktop > select "Properties":

• Go to Permissions tab
• Check the box, "Allow executing file as program"