---
name: "dreampie"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dreampie"
version: "1.2.1-2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dreampie"
---

# dreampie(1)

An interactive Python shell

## NAME

DreamPie - An interactive Python shell

## SYNOPSIS

**dreampie** \[*options*\] \[*PYINTERP*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **DreamPie** command.

**DreamPie** is a graphical interactive Python shell. It allows you to instantly run Python code and see the results.

PYINTERP can be a Python interpreter executable. Currently, Python  versions 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 3.1 are supported, as well as Jython 2.5. If PYINTERP isn't given, the default Python interpreter will be used.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

## EXAMPLES

- **dreampie**

  Run DreamPie with the default Python interpreter

- **dreampie** *python3*

  Use the default Python 3 version installed

- **dreampie** *jython*

  Use Jython

- **dreampie** *~/Python-2.6/python*

  Use a locally-build version of Python

## SEE ALSO

**[python(1)](/python/1.md),** **[idle(1)](/idle/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

DreamPie was written by Noam Yorav-Raphael \<noamraph@gmail.com\>