How do I know what programming languages are pre-installed in Ubuntu?

How do I know what programming languages (I mean their compilers and interpreters) are already pre-installed in Ubuntu? For example, I see that Python is here. If I type python command in the terminal, it turns out that I have python version 2.7.12. But what about other popular programming and scripting languages like Ruby, Perl, C, Lua, awk, Java, PHP, etc. etc. Should I try to launch them in the terminal or try something like language --version one by one, or is there a better way to know this?

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You cannot "install" a language on any system .. there are interpreters and compilers you install and since they are sometimes similar sometimes really different I don't think there is a simple way to check for all of them rather than checking one by one
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You cannot "install" a language on any system .. there are interpreters and compilers you install and since they are sometimes similar sometimes really different I don't think there is a simple way to check for all of them rather than checking one by one
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python programming ruby c preinstallation

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Yufenyuy Veyeh Dider

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asked Jul 3 '17 at 13:37

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edited May 22 '18 at 4:33

Yufenyuy Veyeh Dider

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edited May 22 '18 at 4:33

Yufenyuy Veyeh Dider

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edited May 22 '18 at 4:33

Yufenyuy Veyeh Dider

1,5454924

asked Jul 3 '17 at 13:37

A. N. Other

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asked Jul 3 '17 at 13:37

A. N. Other

1328

asked Jul 3 '17 at 13:37

A. N. Other

1328

You cannot "install" a language on any system .. there are interpreters and compilers you install and since they are sometimes similar sometimes really different I don't think there is a simple way to check for all of them rather than checking one by one
– derHugo
Jul 3 '17 at 13:46

add a comment |

You cannot "install" a language on any system .. there are interpreters and compilers you install and since they are sometimes similar sometimes really different I don't think there is a simple way to check for all of them rather than checking one by one
– derHugo
Jul 3 '17 at 13:46

You cannot "install" a language on any system .. there are interpreters and compilers you install and since they are sometimes similar sometimes really different I don't think there is a simple way to check for all of them rather than checking one by one
– derHugo
Jul 3 '17 at 13:46

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An article in Ubuntu's own help pages points out five (perl, python, ruby, awk, and sed) are installed by default.

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

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answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

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Ruby? Note that the community wiki used to be editable by anyone, so it's not authoritative.
– muru
May 22 '18 at 1:05

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As of latest LTS release , 16.04, Ubuntu comes with Perl 5, GNU awk (used to be mawk), Python 2 and 3 by default. Not entirely sure about C compiler. You may need build-essential package installed

For everything else, use apt-cache policy **package-name** to see if it is installed. You can also view the release manifest files as described in this answer:https://askubuntu.com/a/48894/295286

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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There are also Bash and dash.
– Chai T. Rex
May 22 '18 at 7:05

@ChaiT.Rex Well, they're shells technically, both conforming to standard Shell Command Language specifications, but bash having more advanced syntax. So technically they're not "programming languages" as in C or Python sense, but yes good mention of the two.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
May 22 '18 at 7:40

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type whereis [program]. if nothing shows up then it is not installed. A rather silly way,but still usable.

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

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I wrote a small bash script. Its very basic but its something

#!/usr/bin/env bash



languages="php python go perl mysql c c++ java"

binaries="ls /usr/bin"



for i in $languages ; do

    for j in $($binaries); do

        if [[ $i == $j ]]; then

            echo $i

        fi

    done

done

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An article in Ubuntu's own help pages points out five (perl, python, ruby, awk, and sed) are installed by default.

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

K7AAY

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answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

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Ruby? Note that the community wiki used to be editable by anyone, so it's not authoritative.
– muru
May 22 '18 at 1:05

add a comment |

An article in Ubuntu's own help pages points out five (perl, python, ruby, awk, and sed) are installed by default.

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

K7AAY

3,91221544

answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

462

Ruby? Note that the community wiki used to be editable by anyone, so it's not authoritative.
– muru
May 22 '18 at 1:05

add a comment |

An article in Ubuntu's own help pages points out five (perl, python, ruby, awk, and sed) are installed by default.

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

K7AAY

3,91221544

answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

462

An article in Ubuntu's own help pages points out five (perl, python, ruby, awk, and sed) are installed by default.

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

K7AAY

3,91221544

answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

462

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

K7AAY

3,91221544

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

K7AAY

3,91221544

edited May 21 '18 at 23:01

K7AAY

3,91221544

answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

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answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

462

answered May 21 '18 at 19:56

Yemi Bedu

462

Ruby? Note that the community wiki used to be editable by anyone, so it's not authoritative.
– muru
May 22 '18 at 1:05

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Ruby? Note that the community wiki used to be editable by anyone, so it's not authoritative.
– muru
May 22 '18 at 1:05

Ruby? Note that the community wiki used to be editable by anyone, so it's not authoritative.
– muru
May 22 '18 at 1:05

add a comment |

As of latest LTS release , 16.04, Ubuntu comes with Perl 5, GNU awk (used to be mawk), Python 2 and 3 by default. Not entirely sure about C compiler. You may need build-essential package installed

For everything else, use apt-cache policy **package-name** to see if it is installed. You can also view the release manifest files as described in this answer:https://askubuntu.com/a/48894/295286

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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There are also Bash and dash.
– Chai T. Rex
May 22 '18 at 7:05

@ChaiT.Rex Well, they're shells technically, both conforming to standard Shell Command Language specifications, but bash having more advanced syntax. So technically they're not "programming languages" as in C or Python sense, but yes good mention of the two.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
May 22 '18 at 7:40

add a comment |

As of latest LTS release , 16.04, Ubuntu comes with Perl 5, GNU awk (used to be mawk), Python 2 and 3 by default. Not entirely sure about C compiler. You may need build-essential package installed

For everything else, use apt-cache policy **package-name** to see if it is installed. You can also view the release manifest files as described in this answer:https://askubuntu.com/a/48894/295286

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

70.1k9145307

1

There are also Bash and dash.
– Chai T. Rex
May 22 '18 at 7:05

@ChaiT.Rex Well, they're shells technically, both conforming to standard Shell Command Language specifications, but bash having more advanced syntax. So technically they're not "programming languages" as in C or Python sense, but yes good mention of the two.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
May 22 '18 at 7:40

add a comment |

As of latest LTS release , 16.04, Ubuntu comes with Perl 5, GNU awk (used to be mawk), Python 2 and 3 by default. Not entirely sure about C compiler. You may need build-essential package installed

For everything else, use apt-cache policy **package-name** to see if it is installed. You can also view the release manifest files as described in this answer:https://askubuntu.com/a/48894/295286

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

70.1k9145307

As of latest LTS release , 16.04, Ubuntu comes with Perl 5, GNU awk (used to be mawk), Python 2 and 3 by default. Not entirely sure about C compiler. You may need build-essential package installed

For everything else, use apt-cache policy **package-name** to see if it is installed. You can also view the release manifest files as described in this answer:https://askubuntu.com/a/48894/295286

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

70.1k9145307

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

70.1k9145307

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

70.1k9145307

answered Jul 3 '17 at 13:44

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

70.1k9145307

1

There are also Bash and dash.
– Chai T. Rex
May 22 '18 at 7:05

@ChaiT.Rex Well, they're shells technically, both conforming to standard Shell Command Language specifications, but bash having more advanced syntax. So technically they're not "programming languages" as in C or Python sense, but yes good mention of the two.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
May 22 '18 at 7:40

add a comment |

1

There are also Bash and dash.
– Chai T. Rex
May 22 '18 at 7:05

@ChaiT.Rex Well, they're shells technically, both conforming to standard Shell Command Language specifications, but bash having more advanced syntax. So technically they're not "programming languages" as in C or Python sense, but yes good mention of the two.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
May 22 '18 at 7:40

There are also Bash and dash.
– Chai T. Rex
May 22 '18 at 7:05

@ChaiT.Rex Well, they're shells technically, both conforming to standard Shell Command Language specifications, but bash having more advanced syntax. So technically they're not "programming languages" as in C or Python sense, but yes good mention of the two.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
May 22 '18 at 7:40

add a comment |

type whereis [program]. if nothing shows up then it is not installed. A rather silly way,but still usable.

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

3671414

add a comment |

type whereis [program]. if nothing shows up then it is not installed. A rather silly way,but still usable.

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

3671414

add a comment |

type whereis [program]. if nothing shows up then it is not installed. A rather silly way,but still usable.

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

3671414

type whereis [program]. if nothing shows up then it is not installed. A rather silly way,but still usable.

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

3671414

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

3671414

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

3671414

answered Aug 2 '17 at 23:03

Camden

3671414

add a comment |

I wrote a small bash script. Its very basic but its something

#!/usr/bin/env bash



languages="php python go perl mysql c c++ java"

binaries="ls /usr/bin"



for i in $languages ; do

    for j in $($binaries); do

        if [[ $i == $j ]]; then

            echo $i

        fi

    done

done

answered Jan 1 at 12:01

Faiz Khan

1113

add a comment |

I wrote a small bash script. Its very basic but its something

#!/usr/bin/env bash



languages="php python go perl mysql c c++ java"

binaries="ls /usr/bin"



for i in $languages ; do

    for j in $($binaries); do

        if [[ $i == $j ]]; then

            echo $i

        fi

    done

done

answered Jan 1 at 12:01

Faiz Khan

1113

add a comment |

I wrote a small bash script. Its very basic but its something

#!/usr/bin/env bash



languages="php python go perl mysql c c++ java"

binaries="ls /usr/bin"



for i in $languages ; do

    for j in $($binaries); do

        if [[ $i == $j ]]; then

            echo $i

        fi

    done

done

answered Jan 1 at 12:01

Faiz Khan

1113

I wrote a small bash script. Its very basic but its something

#!/usr/bin/env bash



languages="php python go perl mysql c c++ java"

binaries="ls /usr/bin"



for i in $languages ; do

    for j in $($binaries); do

        if [[ $i == $j ]]; then

            echo $i

        fi

    done

done

answered Jan 1 at 12:01

Faiz Khan

1113

answered Jan 1 at 12:01

Faiz Khan

1113

answered Jan 1 at 12:01

Faiz Khan

1113

answered Jan 1 at 12:01

Faiz Khan

1113

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