I was having some issues with python on my kubuntu 21.10 (for so reason apt installed it to home rather than usr, which meant it wasn't on the path and I couldn't import any modules I pip installed.
To fix this, I tried to remove python using apt. This promptly broke the desktop and moved me to a terminal screen but with no input. Now if I try to boot into desktop my system just hangs on manufacture (Acer swift 3) logo.
Is there a workaround (could I try installing the kubuntu desktop from the recovery terminal) or should I just reinstall kubuntu? I'm on kubuntu 21.10.
Thanks.
apt
doesn't work too... as if you removed the default python; everything that requires python will stop working... Basic tools may work; ie.wget
to download packages &dpkg
to install, but higher end user tools (likeapt
) tend to need python. You'll needpython3-minimal
installed to haveapt
andapt-get
work even at text terminal (text terminal doesn't require python so can be used even though you've crippled your GUI) – guiverc Mar 18 '22 at 21:27