Hey guys. So I am fairly new to Debian and I made a mistake today that I have no clue how to fix. I have been learning Python on my other computer and I decided I was going to start working with it here. Not knowing that Debian has Python pre-installed I tried to manually install it and royally screwed something up. I used this tutorial:
https://gist.github.com/lukaslundgren/2659457 and now I can't open terminator and python doesn't work. When I try to open Terminator it doesn't work at all. When I try to open it in the regular terminal I get the following:
Code:
sean@seansdesktop:~$ terminator
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 563, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 545, in main
known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 278, in addusersitepackages
user_site = getusersitepackages()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 253, in getusersitepackages
user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 243, in getuserbase
USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 521, in get_config_var
return get_config_vars().get(name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 420, in get_config_vars
_init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
If I try to run python I get the same thing. If I run python3 which I didn't touch it runs fine. I'm not sure what to do and would greatly appreciate a hand! I was just going to do the
Code:
sudo apt-get remove --purge python2.7
but I get this:
Code:
sean@seansdesktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge python2.7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
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ark* asymptote* bleachbit* bluefish* bluefish-data* caribou* caribou-antler*
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cinnamon-desktop-environment* cinnamon-settings-daemon* clementine* dolphin*
dragonplayer* exfalso* gcj-4.9-jre-lib* gconf2* gdebi* gdm3* gimp*
gir1.2-ibus-1.0* gksu* gnome* gnome-control-center* gnome-core* gnome-games*
gnome-media* gnome-mplayer* gnome-session* gnome-shell*
gnome-shell-extension-weather* gnome-shell-extensions* gnome-tweak-tool*
gstreamer0.10-gconf* gstreamer0.10-plugins-good* gtk-theme-config*
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kde-baseapps-bin* kde-plasma-desktop* kde-runtime* kde-standard*
kde-style-oxygen* kde-window-manager* kde-workspace* kde-workspace-bin*
kdeaccessibility* kdepasswd* kdepim-kresources* kdepim-runtime*
kdeplasma-addons* kdesudo* kdm* kfind* khelpcenter4* kinfocenter* klipper*
kmag* kmail* kmenuedit* kmix* kmousetool* kmouth* knotes* konq-plugins*
konqueror* konqueror-nsplugins* konsole* kopete* korganizer* kscreen*
kscreensaver* ksnapshot* ksysguard* kwalletmanager* kwrite* libbonoboui2-0*
libcalendarsupport4* libeventviews4* libfarstream-0.1-0* libgcj-common*
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zeitgeist*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 303 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 860 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
and I think I don't want to do that. I see a lot of things I don't want to remove in there ha. Thanks in advance for your help!
