I am new to Ubuntu and know that it already has a python command line version installed. However, I want a full text editor. What is the best python editor? How to install it?
It seems almost repeated question of of SO . From this discussion, I can say that I like Eclipse with PyDev.
I googled a little, that's what I found link text
Try it, it looks like Stani Python Editor is the best freebie out there
http://sourceforge.net/projects/spe/
Installation instructions link text
If you use ubuntu stock (and not kubuntu, for example), you will already have gEdit installed. A lot of resources are there to configure it to friendly python ( http://linil.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/using-gedit-to-auto-complete-python-code/ , for example).
If you prefer an IDE, NetBeans has some indirect support ( http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python ), but I would not rely on it.