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I recently made the stupid mistake of uninstalling python3.6 because I upgraded to python 3.9, not knowing how important python is for Ubuntu.

I got signed out automatically and when I tried to sign in it said something like "Start of session failed" (it could have been something slightly different, I don't remember exactly), so I rebooted my computer and then, instead of showing my username, a text console was shown.

I asked about it in another question and they told me that the easiest solution is to back up my files and completely reinstall everything.

However, I don't know how to get out of the text console, Ctrl+Alt+F7 doesn't work and neither does "Login as root"

Also, I don't know how to recover my files, I plugged in a flash drive and nothing happened.

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Changing or deleting the standard python version of Ubuntu is a unrecoverable error.

You need to reinstall.

Boot from a live DVD or USB and reinstall.

If your live DVD/USB is the same version as the installed Ubuntu version, you will see a "Reinstall" option.

This will reinstall the system in the same setup as the existing installation, without formatting the partitions. That way, your user data and user configuration will be preserved

David DE
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