Is there a simple stand alone python app I can use on my Kindle fire?

[ah]

(it was recommended that I post this query here (originally posted on the tutor page)).

Hello,

I'm enjoying learning python, and would like to be able to study and practice on the go, using my kindle fire reader. (wifi enabled).

Amazon does have an app, Qpython lite, but requires a  live wifi connection to the internet to run. I'm looking for a simple python app, stand alone that i can run on my kindle, without an internet connection,  just to practice while i learn. (Just a simple terminal, and text editor, and python? like ubuntu offers.)

I've tried downloading portable python, and couldnt' get it to run ('can't run in DOS mode?'), I've tried downloading ubuntu to my kindle and couldn't, and tried downloading the whole 2.7 python app, but couldn't get it to run.

I tried to root my kindle, but as I'm inexperienced in things tech, i'm not sure if I was successful, and not sure how this helps (if I was successful.)

I have both windows 7 and ubuntu (dual boot) on my laptop, and can connect my kindle to the laptop via usb cable. I have "accept downloads from other applications" enabled on my kindle. On my kindle I have 'better terminal emulator pro' , ES file explorer, and droidedit.

Any help is appreciated, I'm willing to follow step by step instructions to get python running on my kindle. I will supply any other details required.

My kindle fire specs are : Model D01400

The Kindle Fire features a 7” display module from LG Display. The display is dual-sourced between LG Display and E Ink Holdings. The display touchscreen appears to be conventional capacitive glass on glass and the control IC on the touchscreen is from a previously unseen source. Meanwhile, the OMAP4430 applications processor from Texas Instruments is a dual-core RM Cortex-A9, 1GHz processor with IVA 3 Hardware Accelerator, SGX540 3D Graphic Core, 1080P 2D, 720P 3D and is produced in 45nm process geometry. Other key features include a 8GB eMMC NAND Flash Memory, 4Gbits of low power DDR2, a 3.7V battery with 4400mAh capacity (or about 16 Wh), and a module from Jorjin, which is based on Texas Instruments’ WL1270.

[Tim Roberts]

ah <ar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I'm enjoying learning python, and would like to be able to study and practice
>on the go, using my kindle fire reader. (wifi enabled).
>
>Amazon does have an app, Qpython lite, but requires a� live wifi connection
>to the internet to run. I'm looking for a simple python app, stand alone
>that i can run on my kindle, without an internet connection,� just to
>practice while i learn. (Just a simple terminal, and text editor, and
>python? like ubuntu offers.)

You have identified the ingredients: you need a shell, you need an editor,
and you need the Python interpreter.

Your Kindle is an Android device, which means it runs Linux, but I don't
know whether you have access to the general Android app store. There
certainly are Android terminal applications available that will bring up a
shell for you. The one you have is probably enough.

There is also an implemention of Vim for Android that even supports touch
commands. If you've played with Ubuntu, then you probably already know
Vim.

After that, you'll need Python itself. Your machine has an ARM processor,
so you'll want to find a Python built for Linux ARM. I know such things
are available, but you may have to do some creative searching.

Just like Ubuntu, you cannot run Windows applications. You also cannot run
any x86 or amd64 applications. You must have ARM binaries. If you want to
go really crazy, you can get a "cross compiler" for your Ubuntu system that
lets you build ARM binaries. From there, you could build Python from
source.

>I've tried downloading portable python, and couldnt' get it to run
>('can't run in DOS mode?'),

Of course not. Portable Python is a Windows product. Your Kindle doesn't
run Windows.

>I've tried downloading ubuntu to my kindle and couldn't,

Did you download the x86 version? That will not work. There are Ubuntu
distributions available for the Kindle Fire, but it's going to require
getting your hands dirty. Google is your friend here.
--
Tim Roberts, ti...@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[ah]

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Subject: [Tutor] is there a simple stand alone python app I can use on my Kindle fire?

Hello,

I'm enjoying learning python, and would like to be able to study and practice on the go, using my kindle fire reader. (wifi enabled).

Amazon does have an app, Qpython lite, but requires a  live wifi connection to the internet to run. I'm looking for a simple python app, stand alone that i can run on my kindle, without an internet connection,  just to practice while i learn. (Just a simple terminal, and text editor, and python? like ubuntu offers.)

I've tried downloading portable python, and couldnt' get it to run ('can't run in DOS mode?'), I've tried downloading ubuntu to my kindle and couldn't, and tried downloading the whole 2.7 python app, but couldn't get it to run.

I tried to root my kindle, but as I'm inexperienced in things tech, i'm not sure if I was successful, and not sure how this helps (if I was successful.)

I have both windows 7 and ubuntu (dual boot) on my laptop, and can connect my kindle to the laptop via usb cable. I have "accept downloads from other applications" enabled on my kindle. On my kindle I have 'better terminal emulator pro' , ES file explorer, and droidedit.

Any help is appreciated, I'm willing to follow step by step instructions to get python running on my kindle. I will supply any other details required.

My kindle fire specs are : Model D01400

The Kindle Fire features a 7” display module from LG Display. The display is dual-sourced between LG Display and E Ink Holdings. The display touchscreen appears to be conventional capacitive glass on glass and the control IC on the touchscreen is from a previously unseen source. Meanwhile, the OMAP4430 applications processor from Texas Instruments is a dual-core RM Cortex-A9, 1GHz processor with IVA 3 Hardware Accelerator, SGX540 3D Graphic Core, 1080P 2D, 720P 3D and is produced in 45nm process geometry. Other key features include a 8GB eMMC NAND Flash Memory, 4Gbits of low power DDR2, a 3.7V battery with 4400mAh capacity (or about 16 Wh), and a module from Jorjin, which is based on Texas Instruments’ WL1270.

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