> 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.
The preferred -- and supported -- way to select a python version is to explicitly use python2.7, python2.6, etc. when you need a specific version. You should never alter the /usr/bin/python symlink. Using update-alternatives on /usr/bin/python is not supported.[1,2] [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-defaults/+bug/782441/comments/1 [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/501022/comments/2 ** Changed in: gwibber Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gwibber Bug Heros, which is subscribed to Gwibber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871819 Title: Gwibber will not find python2.7, when /usr/bin/python is linked to an earlier version Status in Gwibber: Invalid 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... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gwibber/+bug/871819/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gwibber-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gwibber-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
