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Getting sudo: unable to execute /usr/bin/add-apt-repository: No such file or directory error while adding repository:-

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable

/usr/bin/add-apt-repository file permissions:-

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6123 Oct 25 14:16 /usr/bin/add-apt-repository*

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Output of ldd /usr/bin/python3

ldd: /usr/bin/python3: No such file or directory
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I ran into the same issue. Turned out the cause was that /usr/bin/python3 was not linked to an executable.

Here's how to solve it:

  • Install Python if you have not done so.
  • Pick the Python executable you want to use, say python3.5. Go to /usr/bin and you'll see installed executable like python2.7, python3.5, python3.6.
  • Run the following command, assuming you want to python3.5
ln -s /usr/bin/python3.5 /usr/bin/python3
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