python-is-python3

symlinks /usr/bin/python to python3

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python-is-python3 in Breadstick

Breadstick runs Debian's own python-is-python3 package for ARM64, the build a Debian 13 computer with an ARM processor installs, so python-is-python3 should behave as it does on a Linux PC. It is a command line program rather than an app with a window of its own: you run it by typing its command in Breadstick's Terminal, or in any terminal window on the Linux desktop, and it needs no Desktop or Floating session running.

Commands in the package

python
pydoc

Type one in Breadstick's Terminal to run it.

Interpreters and runtimes run on the device's own ARM64 processor, from Debian's own packages. Keep projects in your Linux home folder, which is much faster than Android's shared folders for trees of many small files. Libraries with compiled parts need an ARM64 Linux build, or the tools to build one on the device. More in the docs: The Terminal.

About python-is-python3

From Debian's package description

Starting with the Debian 11 (bullseye) and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) releases, all python packages use explicit python3 or python2 interpreter and do not use unversioned /usr/bin/python at all. Some third-party code is now predominantly python3 based, yet may use /usr/bin/python.
This is a convenience package which ships a symlink to point the /usr/bin/python interpreter at the current default python3. It may improve compatibility with other modern systems, whilst breaking some obsolete or 3rd-party software.
No packages may declare dependencies on this package.

From Debian's description of the python-is-python3 package, under that package's license.

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Name: the Debian package name.
Summary: Debian's short description of the python-is-python3 package, under that package's license.
Description: Debian's description of the python-is-python3 package, under that package's license.
Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.