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Message #02992
[Bug 871819] Re: Gwibber will not find python2.7, when /usr/bin/python is linked to an earlier version
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* if so than which version are you on ?
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Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
Gwibber will not find python2.7, when /usr/bin/python is linked to an
earlier version
Status in Gwibber:
Incomplete
Bug description:
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 linux for some specific purpose where python 2.7 does not work.
I am using:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.6 10
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.7 1
sudo update-alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python2.6
to set python to what I want (python-2.6).
This seems to be the preferred way to select python version.
When I do this, then gwibber will break the upgrade function.
Even if I reset using
sudo update-alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python2.7
upgrade fails, since this ssems to require that
/usr/bin/python is linked to /usr/bin/python2.7
The method above creates a link from
/usr/bin/python to /etc/alternatives/python
and another link from
/etc/alternatives/python to /usr/bin/python2.7
which should work, but this still breaks the upgrade.
It is not only the gwibber upgrade that is broken.
The GUI upgrade handler is frozen until
/usr/bin/python is set to /usr/bin/python2.7.
Also, It it not possible to deinstall gwibber (until you create the link
/usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2.7
I think that if /usr/bin/python2.7 is installed on the system,
then gwibber should work, regardless if /usr/bin/python
is set to this or not.
Possibly with the use of an environment variable...
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