What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

And do i need it?? I am new to this. I notice when i go to xterminal and type df -h and see
/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5 1.3G 32% used
/lib/python2.5
/pt/pymaemo/usr/share/pyshared 1.3G 32% used
..
..
ect..

I normally don't see these before when i type df -h?? What is this ....i am not a programmer...do i need this and how do i uninstall it??

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

Did it occur to you to search for "python" before creating another thread?

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

Many apps you can download from the repositories are written using Python! So I'd really recommend you not to remove this!

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

python is a big snake that lives in your device, it eats filesystem and dives nodes... but seriously, you need it trust me... google it.

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

I did...i always do search for the topic i want to read....but found no help.

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

I know it runs some sort of script or whatever...but the reason i question it is because all of sudden it appears in xterminal where before..it's not there when i type df -h.

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

what you see are mounts used for python, it is needed to run your apps. it probably appeared because you have installed something.

use to see only the root partition or replace root with anything you want to filter.

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

python is a programming language in the same way as c, c++ or anything like that.

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

Because previously it was not optified. Those binds you see in df show the python stuff is now on opt, so not using precious NAND space.

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

does the optify package create those nodes?

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

Ok thanks. I know what happened now. I did optify to save space for the firmware update.

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

PyOptify, to be precise... (if I recall correctly)

btw, those additional "disks" you see in df -h, are done using "mount --bind" (which is why they appear in mounts... symlinks don't "do that")

python really isn't a thing you'd want to remove - with some new apps it would reinstall anyway...

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??
 

PyMaemo chose to use --bind mount for optification as the usual optification process turned out to not work too well in this case.
What you're seeing with df is the bind mount. It's harmless, just ignore it. :)

Re: What is Python?? How do i get rid of it??