The same error (bug?) appears again in Ubuntu 22.04: # do-release-upgrade
Can not upgrade
Your python3 install is corrupted. Please fix the '/usr/bin/python3'
symlink.
=== Command detached from window (Tue Jan 20 14:06:37 2026) ===
I have:
root@obertux:/usr/bin# ll
python*
lrwxrwxrwx root root - 2021-10-11 14:34:54 python -> python3
lrwxrwxrwx root root -
2021-07-28 13:17:06 python2 -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x root root 3,592,536 2024-12-09 19:47:23 python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx root root - 2026-01-20 14:06:18 python3 -> python3.10
-rwxr-xr-x root root 960 2023-01-25 09:29:04 python3-futurize
-rwxr-xr-x root root 964 2023-01-25 09:29:04 python3-pasteurize
-rwxr-xr-x root root 5,937,672 2026-01-08 07:52:19 python3.10
I run "apt reinstall python3.10", but the error remains.
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Title:
do-release-upgrade fails with "Your python3 install is corrupted" if
/usr/bin/python points to /etc/alternatives/python
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