Python problem with upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04

[Chris Green]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 11:23:53AM +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 15:09, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 12:49:06PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 09:55:35PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > > > I have recently upgraded my desktop system from ubuntu 19.10 to ubuntu
> > > > 20.04.  I have some Oki printer/scanner driver software that is
> > > > written in Python 2 and, although python 2 is still installed on my
> > > > system it's no longer the default python and the Oki software no
> > > > longer runs.
> 
> If you have a reasonable spec machine you could run Ubuntu 18.04 in a
> VM and fire it up when you need to use the scanner.  That would keep
> you going for another three years.
> 
Yes, but I it makes rather less handy.  The whole advantage of the
software provided by OKI is that it installs in the panel and has a
drop down menu to do scans.

Doing it from a VM would be less convenient than simply pressing
buttons on the printer/scanner to do it.  :-)

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Chris Green