[solved] accidentially messed up my python path

shoelesshunter · 2021-03-24 06:18:41

A while back, I installed python3.8 from the AUR for a reason I can't even remember. I uninstalled the package, but now, I can not execute any python commands without explicitly stating python3.9.

For instance

pip install <package>

yields this error:

/usr/bin/python3.8: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

I must instead use

 python3.9 -m pip install <package>

What is still lingering in the system that makes 'python' look for a binary in the 3.8 directory? And how do I fix this?

Last edited by shoelesshunter (2021-03-24 12:29:00)

ponyrider · 2021-03-24 07:01:56

what does

ls -la /usr/bin/python

return?

shoelesshunter · 2021-03-24 08:52:38

ponyrider wrote:

what does
ls -la /usr/bin/python
return?

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 20 12:40 /usr/bin/python -> python3

shoelesshunter · 2021-03-24 12:28:45

Never-mind. It seems the old way of 'pip install' was just messing up.

I can do 'python -m pip install' without specifying python version. I use beets music manager and it found all necessary plugins just fine.

eschwartz · 2021-03-24 15:11:33

shoelesshunter wrote:

Never-mind. It seems the old way of 'pip install' was just messing up.
I can do 'python -m pip install' without specifying python version. I use beets music manager and it found all necessary plugins just fine.

That is because of pip, not python.

What is the output of

type -a pip

and can you guess why it is wrong?

Arch Linux

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[solved] accidentially messed up my python path

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