terminator not starting when default python is python3.4 but works if it is python2.7

On Ubuntu 15.10 when changing the symlink /usr/bin/python from python2.7 to python3.4 then terminator won t start anymore. Do you know what the problem could be and how to fix it? Thank you :)


Solution 1:

You can simply fix it by editing /usr/bin/terminator shebang path back to python2, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/terminator/+bug/1621156

Solution 2:

Edit the /usr/bin/terminator

sudo vi /usr/bin/terminator

and change the first line (shebang)

#!/usr/bin/python

to

#!/usr/bin/python2

NOTE: Get the path of python2 using:

$ which python2
/usr/bin/python2