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Basically the question. I need to setup an environment that supports tkinter programming in python and maybe some network socket stuff too. I'd also like to emphasize that I need python 3.

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python-all, according to the docs, is a minimal package intended to avoid hard-coded dependencies on python versions.

The two packages you would be looking for are probably python vs. python-minimal. Between those two, the difference is pretty minimal. For the most part, start tinkering with what is installed. You'll probably find that everything is there. If it isn't, look for a package or use easy_install.

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  • Thanks, Eric. I updated the links to point at an LTS release.
    – Jack M.
    Jul 12, 2018 at 15:01
  • When the diff is minimal, why would you need both python and python-minimal? I use Ubuntu and the installer even wants libpython3.7-minimal.
    – Timo
    Jan 3, 2021 at 14:13
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According the ubuntu xenial library of python minimal it refers as follows python2.7-minimal (>= 2.7.11-1~) Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7) python interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)

so by default if you got an installation that will be the python

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