tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575421168816814786.post150650198671811657..comments2023-10-25T07:10:58.697-07:00Comments on Coder's Log: python strikes backzeenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04142631863736897222noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575421168816814786.post-51461352798949157922008-05-04T21:28:00.000-07:002008-05-04T21:28:00.000-07:00If you feel the need, please come to D501 today an...If you feel the need, please come to D501 today and scream at me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575421168816814786.post-22752698276398613032008-05-04T15:15:00.000-07:002008-05-04T15:15:00.000-07:00# update-alternatives --config /usr/bin/pythonNo a...# update-alternatives --config /usr/bin/python<BR/>No alternatives for /usr/bin/python.<BR/><BR/>Note that it's not that this happened after I first deleted and linked '/usr/bin/python' myself for the first time last Thursday but there was no alternatives available for python at before that either.zeenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142631863736897222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575421168816814786.post-33451044348576711852008-05-04T15:03:00.000-07:002008-05-04T15:03:00.000-07:00# update-alternatives --config /usr/bin/pythonis (...# update-alternatives --config /usr/bin/python<BR/><BR/>is (probably) your friend.<BR/><BR/>-- RodrigoRodrigo Novohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209567766698211687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575421168816814786.post-81720876371275502422008-05-04T13:35:00.000-07:002008-05-04T13:35:00.000-07:00http://www.progprog.com/tags/ubuntu may help youCh...http://www.progprog.com/tags/ubuntu may help you<BR/><BR/>Changing stuff in /usr/bin makes a long-time debian user like me kind of twitchy -- you're asking for trouble there.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564547980823273440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575421168816814786.post-5844637303655769302008-05-04T13:11:00.000-07:002008-05-04T13:11:00.000-07:00Just to be sure, the second time i did `apt-get -f...Just to be sure, the second time i did `apt-get -f install`. No matter how many times i run this command, i get the same kind of error. Any hint/help is greatly appreciated since seems many important gnome apps are python based.zeenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142631863736897222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575421168816814786.post-64122853412225375832008-05-04T13:04:00.000-07:002008-05-04T13:04:00.000-07:00Well, Debian changed the default python in lenny t...Well, Debian changed the default python in lenny to 2.5 last week, so you've hit a very rare "race condition" where before apt-get dist-upgrade python was pointing to python2.4, and afterwards to 2.5, I guess. Apparently the python default got updated between the error and apt finishing, so you saw the error again. Or something.Michael Banckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019023009908861248noreply@blogger.com