terminator not starting when default python is python3.4 but works if it is python2.7

Question

On Ubuntu 15.10 when changing the symlink /usr/bin/python from python2.7 to python3.4 then terminator won t start anymore. Do you know what the problem could be and how to fix it? Thank you :)

Solution 1

You can simply fix it by editing /usr/bin/terminator shebang path back to python2, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/terminator/+bug/1621156

Solution 2

Edit the /usr/bin/terminator

sudo vi /usr/bin/terminator

and change the first line (shebang)

#!/usr/bin/python

to

#!/usr/bin/python2

NOTE: Get the path of python2 using:

$ which python2
/usr/bin/python2

Comments

[azizbro]

I changed this but it still didn't work. Do I want to build terminator again?

[Deepak Mahakale]

Just this change should work. Also, please check the path with which python2 or which python2.7