<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">The update-alternatives command should create the /etc/alternatives/python link for you just fine. <br> </div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br> </div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/11/20 3:56 PM, BabsKy wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CACCC2w4p=scYG8XBcFi9HcOmT_X8ZFpONP0Gffa91w1Uf1wERg@mail.gmail.com"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <div dir="ltr">Sorry, had to dogsit for a bit. <div>env is in usr/bin, don't know how I missed it before.</div> <div>There are a few pythons in usr/bin (2 (link to py2.7), 2.7 (shared lib), 3 (link to py3.8), 3.8 (exe), and a few more py 3) but none in alternatives. </div> <div>Setting usr/bin/python to point to /etc/alternatives/python won't work if it's not there.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Do I have to set the python path environment variable? I'm only guessing but is 'env' a list of environment variables? All I know is that it's a library. </div> <div> </div> <div><br> </div> </div> <br> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 19:26, Ross Mohn <<a href="mailto:rpmohn@waxandwane.org" moz-do-not-send="true">rpmohn@waxandwane.org</a>> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div>Take a look at what python stuff is in /usr/bin right now. There should be several symbolic links. <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><tt> * ls -l /usr/bin/python* /etc/alternatives/python*</tt></div> <br> <div>My guess is that /usr/bin/python is either missing altogether or is pointing to some version of python2 that has been removed. If you run this command it will set /usr/bin/python to point to /etc/alternatives/python, which in turn will point to /usr/bin/python3. <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><tt> * sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 1</tt></div> <div> <div><tt> * python --version</tt><br> </div> <div> should now return 'Python 3.8.2'<br> </div> <div><br> </div> </div> <div>That should get the 'python' command pointing to a valid python installation again. Your next issue might be that some older python scripts will have to be updated to be compatible with python3, but fixing those will be a one-time thing and will get you positioned well for the long term. <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>-Ross</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>On 5/11/20 1:58 PM, BabsKy wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">All 'python' commands (tried a few variations) returned "command 'python' not found", <div>'python3 --version' returned 'Python 3.8.2'.</div> <div>I think it's Gimp python as this has been an issue before, as I mentioned, but I don't know what specifically to install, it doesn't seem to be 'Gimp python' as it was before.</div> <div>I've tinkered with thonny for writing python scripts for Gimp and it that it was pygimp but I'm stumped. I don't want to randomly install stuff in case I make it worse. </div> </div> <br> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 17:58, Ross Mohn <<a href="mailto:rpmohn@waxandwane.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">rpmohn@waxandwane.org</a>> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div>Here are the steps I used:</div> <div> <ol> <li>Check current system python version is 2.x<br> <tt> sudo python --version</tt></li> <li>Execute this command to switch to python3<br> <tt> sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 1</tt></li> <li>Verify system python version is now 3.x<br> <tt> sudo python --version</tt></li> </ol> </div> <div>based on steps I found in this post:<br> <tt> <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/410579/change-the-python3-default-version-in-ubuntu" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/410579/change-the-python3-default-version-in-ubuntu</a></tt><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>-Ross <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>On 5/11/20 12:10 PM, BabsKy wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">I'm surprised that python (for Gimp) isn't installed by default on Linux, that's what's caused this issue before. <div>I'll try anything to get it working, python plays a large part of my Gimp workflow.</div> <div>Sorry to ask but how would I manually set python3 as the default? </div> </div> <br> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 16:54, Ross Mohn <<a href="mailto:rpmohn@waxandwane.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">rpmohn@waxandwane.org</a>> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div>Can you try 'python3'? On a side note, I was surprised that python3 was note the default in the upgrade. I had manually set python3 as the default in my 19.10 and that was switched back to python 2.x when I upgraded. <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>-Ross <br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>On 5/11/20 7:38 AM, BabsKy wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">So I did a clean install and Gimp now loads and works mostly OK. The issue now is it can't find python. <div>I know this has been an issue with Gimp on Linux previously and it could be solved by '<span>sudo apt install gimp-python', </span><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">but this doesn't work.</font></span></div> <div><br> </div> <div>Output from terminal '/usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory'<br> </div> <div>I can see there's no env in bin.</div> <div>Does anyone know how to fix this please?</div> <div>I have searched online but the solutions aren't relevant to the current Gimp version/Linux.</div> <div><br> </div> </div> <br> <fieldset></fieldset> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> </div> -- <br> ubuntu-studio-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> </blockquote> </div> <br> <fieldset></fieldset> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> </div> -- <br> ubuntu-studio-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> </blockquote> </div> <br> <fieldset></fieldset> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> </div> -- <br> ubuntu-studio-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> </blockquote> </div> <br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> </body> </html>