Python Sender: Linux

You are probably running into the problem of having 2 installs, one inusr and one inusr-local.

The problem is that most software will install itself, by default, intousr-local. But most distibutions will put their software intousr. You select where it goes by using the --prefix option when running configure, like ".-configure --prefix=-usr"

So you probably have 2 pythons installed now, one inusr-local-bin(with it's libs inusr-local-lib-python.....and the other inusr-bin-python and it's libs inusr-lib-python.

Now here is the glitch. You may have the $PYTHONHOME set tousr, butusr-local-bin-python is found first in most paths, beforeusr-bin-python. Sousr-local-bin-python starts, and finds that it's libs are mismatched.

The easiest fix is just to delete the one(and it's libs) inusr-local and install over the one inusr with something like .-configure --prefix=-usr and that should allow the new python to overwrite the original one.

Now there are other complications, like if you have some environment var set. You can have 2 pythons if you want. You just need to refer to them by their full path, like #!-usr-bin-python or #!-usr-local-bin-python

P.S. Since you are new, I will point out that this (-usr vsusr-local) problem is the also the source of alot of upgrading problems, for alot of different software packages, especially libraries. So always be aware of your --prefix

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