python Noob - basic setup question / problem

[Lilavivat]

Running SUSE 10.1 on an AMD64.  When I try and run a python program I get
the following error:

	/usr/bin/python2: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

	"which python" gives me "/usr/local/bin/python"

	"which python2.4" gives me "/usr/local/bin/python2.4"

	But /usr/bin/python is symlinked to python2.4 "python -> python2.4"

	"which python2" and nothing comes up.

Basically I have no idea what's going on... help please!

Thanks,
SETH