Can I install anything (like Python), using a Linux LiveCD?

Question

I need Python on a Linux/Unix machine temporarily

Can I run, for example, a Linux Mint LiveCD and then install Python or emulate the install?

Or is a LiveCD strictly for looking at the distribution?

Answer 1

You can install the program if you're using a LIVE CD-RW/USB. Surely you won't be able to install the program in a CD / DVD disk. Speaking in a traditional sense. The program could be "installed" for one-time use. It would be saved in memory. After you reboot, it would disappear. But when using a real live usb, for example, it would be "installed" in the media.

Answer 2

Also, python comes with almost every distro. Just open a terminal and try python -v.

Answer 3

First of all, what do you want to get? What's the question about live-cds?

I need Python on a Linux/Unix machine temporarily

Most of all distros have Python just out-of-the-box

Can I run, for example, a Linux Mint LiveCD and then install Python or emulate the install?

Of course, you can. But after reboot it will disappear. If you want it to remain after reboot, you should install the OS to the USB-drive, not to use it like live-CD.

Or is a LiveCD strictly for looking at the distribution?

Yes, some kind of.