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Old 04-29-2018, 05:43 AM   #32038
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Ubuntu has for some wonderfully terrible reason decided to offer no python binary at all in their latest release. So trying to install calibre fails with weird and wonderful errors: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=296602

Even more amusingly, they don't guarantee the /bin/sh shell is, like, usable. It did not take me long at all to find a way the new shellscript (which just searches for some sort of python-like binary and then re-calls the old python script) will fail too, but I cheated because I have past experience trying to rely on this.

I'm wondering what the solution for universal scripting on Linux is supposed to be, according to Ubuntu. Maybe perl?

Gah! A pox on stupid distros and their stupid politically-motivated harm to users who just want working things!
G'day eschwartz, let me introduce you to the The Technology Vent and Rant Thread wherein I think your post belongs.

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