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let me put you in some context. I recently started a job as backend developer and we're working with docker and one of the images has python version 3.8.3

I was configuring things with the other (and only) backend guy from the company who practically did everything on the app until now. He told me I needed python version 3.8.3 in a virtualenv to make the docker image run locally so I can test the code I write.

So we started messing with python versions, downloaded the 8.3 version and installed it through a makefile, but the virtualenv was still taking the 8.10

We ran out of time and called it a day, hours later I get home and the terminal won't open, so I investigated a bit and it was about the pythong mess up we did earlier. Some people recommended uninstalling certain version of python which I did.

I opened the tty console and checked all my python versions, it showed python3 and python3.8 so I went ahead and removed the 3.8 and rebooted my PC.

It is now stuck in a black screen with this message:

/dev/sda2: clean, 360061/61022208 files, 9747664/244059136 blocks

And a simple text input prompt that won't do anything.

Can somebody help, or should I just format the entire thing?

Ayrton Coelho
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  • you can try to boot into a live USB, chroot into your main install and reinstall python3.8. python3 might actually be a symlink to python 3.8, so now you have no python and the system requires it – Esther May 10 '22 at 02:44
  • I recommend you to install a local version of python in your home folder upon fixing this issue, you may use these steps: https://askubuntu.com/a/1408119/1107236 – turbulence May 12 '22 at 09:09

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