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6.51.2. Contents of Python 3
Installed Programs: 2to3, idle3, pip3, pydoc3, python3, python3-config, and pyvenv
Installed Library: libpython3.7m.so and libpython3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/python3.7m, /usr/lib/python3 and /usr/share/doc/python-3.7.4
Short Descriptions
2to3 is a Python program that reads Python 2.x source code and applies a series of fixes to transform it into valid Python 3.x code.
idle3 is a wrapper script that opens a Python aware GUI editor. For this script to run, you must have installed Tk before Python so that the Tkinter Python module is built.
pip3 The package installer for Python. You can use pip to install packages from Python Package Index and other indexes.
pydoc3 is the Python documentation tool.
python3 is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
pyvenv creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories.