On 9 April 2011 19:45, Nevins Duret <dur...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I can't thank you enough for your help. Yes, I usually use the Synaptic > Package Manager, however in this case, Python version 3.2 is not on the > Synaptic package Manager. This is why I chose to build it from source. As > far as what I think is causing this when I go in the >
No problem. > Terminal and type: > sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python/python3.2 python > /opt/py32/bin/python3.2 1 > > I get this as an error message: > > update-alternatives: renaming python link from /usr/bin/python to > /usr/bin/python/python3.2. > update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative > /opt/py32/bin because link group python is broken. > update-alternatives: error: unable to make > /usr/bin/python/python3.2.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/python: No > such file or directory > I would expect that "update-alternatives" would have trouble (on the first line) because /usr/bin/python is not a link anymore (but instead a folder) based on your previous posts. So, please go and inspect the /usr/bin/python folder and see what if anything's inside. If it's not empty you need to see what is in fact in it and hopefully get rid of it or move it out of the way. Once it's empty, then just delete the /usr/bin/python folder (you'll have to be root or use "sudo") and afterwards either recreate a link to the default python interpreter and/or try the update-alternatives command again. (To manually restore the default python link, first execute "which python2.6" which should output "/usr/bin/python2.6", then execute "sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python" which should restore the link to the default python. After doing this "update-alternatives" should have less trouble redirecting the /usr/bin/python link. I however want to reiterate that your problems, especially fixing your OS, will be better dealt with on the Ubuntu community forums. Rohan, thanks for posting about that PPA, wasn't aware of it! Walter
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