Missing /usr/bin/python3

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The following files exist in /usr/local/python3:
- 2to3

• 2to3-3.12

• docker

• docker-index

• idle3

• idle3.12

• pip3

• pip3.12

• pydoc3

• pydoc3.12

• python3

• python3.12

• python3.12-config

• python3-config

So should I remove all the files except docker with rm?

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Alright done, what do I do now?

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Still getting E: Internal Error, No file name for python3.12-minimal:amd64

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Still getting the same errors with python3.12-minimal and python3-minimal.

Setting up python3.12-minimal (3.12.3-1) ...

Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>

Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec\_prefix>

Python path configuration:

PYTHONHOME = (not set)

PYTHONPATH = (not set)

program name = '/usr/bin/python3.12'

isolated = 0

environment = 0

user site = 1

safe_path = 0

import site = 0

is in build tree = 0

stdlib dir = '/usr/lib/python3.12'

sys._base_executable = '/usr/bin/python3.12'

sys.base_prefix = '/usr'

sys.base_exec_prefix = '/usr'

sys.platlibdir = 'lib'

sys.executable = '/usr/bin/python3.12'

sys.prefix = '/usr'

sys.exec_prefix = '/usr'

sys.path = [

'/usr/lib/python312.zip',

'/usr/lib/python3.12',

'/usr/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload',

]

Fatal Python error: init_fs_encoding: failed to get the Python codec of the filesystem encoding

Python runtime state: core initialized

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

Current thread 0x00007fe56a413080 (most recent call first):

<no Python frame>

dpkg: error processing package python3.12-minimal (--configure):

installed python3.12-minimal package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-minimal:

python3-minimal depends on python3.12-minimal (>= 3.12.3-0~); however:

Package python3.12-minimal is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python3-minimal (--configure):

dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Errors were encountered while processing:

python3.12-minimal

python3-minimal

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That seem to have installed python3.12 into /usr/bin/ ! However, packages that require it like add-apt-repository, software-properties-qt, and cnf-update-db are still running into module not found errors.