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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0006398Kali LinuxFeature Requestspublic2021-06-02 10:11
ReporterCashiuus Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2020.2 
Summary0006398: Change default python interpreter to python 3
Description

Hello,

Firstly, thank you guys for all that you do in building this amazing distribution and platform.

I am submitting for consideration changing from having Python 2.7 as the default python interpreter to instead default to python 3. You guys have been pushing for everyone to stop using Python 2, and for a little bit there, even removed python-pip2 as an available package in the repository. As you are encouraging users to move to python 3, I think it only makes sense the OS should come Out Of Box with python 3 as the set default interpreter. If not, at least have it setup 'update-alternatives' correctly so it's a best practice option for users to switch their preference.

As it stands, python 2 will come as default and we cannot reliable assumy python-pip2 will be available, making it for a broken framework, OOB. I did not see this entry in existing issues, but forgive me if this is already in the system.

Steps To Reproduce
  1. Install Kali 2020.2.
  2. Open terminal and type ls -al /usr/bin/python
  3. Note that it is a symlink to "python2"
  4. Type update-alternatives --list python
  5. Note that it contains no alternatives
Additional Information

Keep up the awesome work guys!

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g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2021-06-02 10:11

administrator   ~0014628

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.
Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?
If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-05-19 18:40 Cashiuus New Issue
2021-06-02 10:11 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0014628
2021-06-02 10:11 g0tmi1k Status new => closed