I learned the hard way not to mix distro installed Python with pip installed Python. I now always use "pip install --user <some package>" to keep things sane.
/Martin On Sat, 13 Nov 2021 at 03:29, Tim Cross <theophil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> writes: > > > Hi > > > > I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and I installed python3.6 (which is not > > officially supported for that Ubuntu version via > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/865554/how-do-i-install-python-3-6-using-apt-get > > > > I also installed > > > > sudo -H python3.6 -m pip install jupyter > > sudo -H python3.6 -m pip install pexpect > > sudo -H python3.6 -m pip install matlab_kernel > > > > > > Now however I cannot open even simple org files, I obtain errors I attach > > and most of my keybinding and other things do not work. > > > > Any help is strongly appreciated. > > > > Regards > > > > The whole transition from v2.x to v3.x for python has been a terrible > mess. Version issues are the most frustrating aspect of Python and one > reason I've never embraced the language. > > Given that Ubuntu 16.04 was end of life in April 2021, my recommendation > would be to upgrade to ubuntu 21.04. That version seems to have a more > consistent Python environment (based on v3). It also has newer ciaro, > hafbuzz and other libs used by Emacs which will likely work better and > once Emacs 28.0 is released, will have the gccjit libs necessary for > native comp etc.
