Cause:
I did the mistake of upgrading my system's (Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS) python version from 3.10 to 3.12.
Issue:
Since then, my terminal wouldn't open.
And when opening a virtual terminal (CTRL+ALT+F3) it first displays ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt__pkg', and then it (the virtual terminal) keeps on working normally.
Attempted solutions
I tried leaving python3.10 as the only python-alternatives and tried adding other alternatives (python3.8), but the issue persists.
I added alias python='usr/bin/python3' to my .bashrc
I commented the export $PATH=... by anaconda
The only installed version right now is 3.10.6. python -V as well as python3 -V give 3.10.6
I did as the comments suggested (reverting to 3.8) since it is the actual default for FocalFossa
Toolchain Upgrades ️
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS comes with [...] Python 3.8.2, [...].
Source: FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes
But the terminal still doesn't work.
Figures:
Recovery mode
Updates
.bashrc
python -V
update-alternatives
Not duplicate of this, because:
