Symptoms
When using apt-get
suite tools on Debian Linux you may notice a error message similar to the one below:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges", line 29, inimport anydbm ImportError: No module named 'anydbm'
The above error is likely caused by a change of a system wide python interpreter version from a default Python2 to Python3 version.
# python -V Python 3.4.2
Solution
To fix this error change a default interpreter from /usr/bin/apt-listchanges
to Python 2. First, check available python versions on your system:
# ls /usr/bin/python* /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python3.4 /usr/bin/python3.4m /usr/bin/python3m
Next, change a first line of /usr/bin/apt-listchanges
script:
FROM: #!/usr/bin/python TO: #!/usr/bin/python2.7
The actual python version depends on your Debian version installation.