/usr/bin/python3: bad interpreter; how to make python3 work again?
Question:
I had two versions of python installed (python – 2.7.12 and python3 – 3.5.2). After installing python 3.7.7, I wanted to make it the default of the python3 command by making a few commands. But unfortunately, the python3 command no longer works!
fogang@FF:~$ python
Python 2.7.12 (default, Oct 8 2019, 14:14:10)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
fogang@FF:~$ python3.7
Python 3.7.7 (default, Mar 10 2020, 17:25:08)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
fogang@FF:~$ python3
bash: /usr/lib/command-not-found : /usr/bin/python3 : mauvais interpréteur: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
fogang@FF:~$
Translated: “/usr/bin/python3: bad interpreter: No file or folder of this type”
There is my /usr/bin
fogang@FF:/usr/bin$ ls python*
python python2.7-config python3.5-config python3.7 python3.7m-config python3m-config pythontex3
python2 python2-config python3.5m python3.7-config python3-config python-config
python2.7 python3.5 python3.5m-config python3.7m python3m pythontex
Answers:
/usr/bin/python3 is missing. Based on the comments, you’re using Ubuntu, so the solution is to simply reinstate it:
sudo ln -s python3.5 /usr/bin/python3
Note that changing the system python3 version on Ubuntu will break things, so the better solution is to use an alias, e.g. put alias python3="python3.7" in your bashrc.
This is a similar error I received:
usr/local/bin/ranger:17: /usr/local/bin/ranger: bad interpreter:
/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3: no such file or directory
I have multiple versions of python installed (3, 3.10, and 3.11 specifically). Our errors are both saying that the file expected is missing or unavailable. So I created a symlink and that fixed my issue.
ln -s /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3 /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3
I had two versions of python installed (python – 2.7.12 and python3 – 3.5.2). After installing python 3.7.7, I wanted to make it the default of the python3 command by making a few commands. But unfortunately, the python3 command no longer works!
fogang@FF:~$ python
Python 2.7.12 (default, Oct 8 2019, 14:14:10)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
fogang@FF:~$ python3.7
Python 3.7.7 (default, Mar 10 2020, 17:25:08)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
fogang@FF:~$ python3
bash: /usr/lib/command-not-found : /usr/bin/python3 : mauvais interpréteur: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
fogang@FF:~$
Translated: “/usr/bin/python3: bad interpreter: No file or folder of this type”
There is my /usr/bin
fogang@FF:/usr/bin$ ls python*
python python2.7-config python3.5-config python3.7 python3.7m-config python3m-config pythontex3
python2 python2-config python3.5m python3.7-config python3-config python-config
python2.7 python3.5 python3.5m-config python3.7m python3m pythontex
/usr/bin/python3 is missing. Based on the comments, you’re using Ubuntu, so the solution is to simply reinstate it:
sudo ln -s python3.5 /usr/bin/python3
Note that changing the system python3 version on Ubuntu will break things, so the better solution is to use an alias, e.g. put alias python3="python3.7" in your bashrc.
This is a similar error I received:
usr/local/bin/ranger:17: /usr/local/bin/ranger: bad interpreter:
/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3: no such file or directory
I have multiple versions of python installed (3, 3.10, and 3.11 specifically). Our errors are both saying that the file expected is missing or unavailable. So I created a symlink and that fixed my issue.
ln -s /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3 /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3