Ubuntu install problems

[waugust]

On Mar 20, 10:40 am, waugust <waugustyn... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 20, 10:25 am, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
>
> cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:00:47 -0700, waugust wrote:
> > > I have 2.5 (for GAE), 2.6 (Ubuntu default), and 3.1 installed. Whenever
> > > I apt-get install anything It ends with a series of python (dependency?)
> > > errors.  Anybody got any idea?
>
> > It looks like apt-get is supposed to be using 2.6 or 2.5, but somehow is
> > running 3.1 instead.
>
> > If you run "python -V", what does it say?
>
> > --
> > Steven
> >python -V
>
> Python 2.6.4
>
> odd..yeah, I uninstalled all of the listed packages and started to
> install again and got the same problem...

So I put this up to the Ubuntu (lunchpad, apt) community support
board: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/105025

Possible bug with the python-central package (Ubuntu x86 9.10)?? dunno.