How Do I Run a Python Server on Linux?

How do I run a Python server from terminal?

To run the server:

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Navigate to the directory you want to have the root directory.
3. Execute the command to start the server.
4. Python 2 — python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000.
5. Python 3 — python -m http. server 8000.

How do I run Python on Linux?

Running a Script

1. Open the terminal by searching for it in the dashboard or pressing Ctrl + Alt + T .
2. Navigate the terminal to the directory where the script is located using the cd command.
3. Type python SCRIPTNAME.py in the terminal to execute the script.