Question

I am trying to install Sublime Text 2 on my linux machine and I cannot figure out how to run the python script to install it. I am fairly new to linux and never programmed in python before. I am trying to run the python script PackageSetup.py using ./PackageSetup.py but i get the error:

bash: ./PackageSetup.py: python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

not sure what I have to do. I have python on my machine. I can tell cause running ‘python’ puts me in the console.

Answer 1

For all I know this kind of issue can occur if you have a misspelling or mistake in the shebang. I see two ways to solve this issue: you can try to invoke PackageSetup.py via python, like python PackageSetup.py or you can open PackageSetup.py and try to find an issue in the shebang, maybe it needs to be a full path to python interpreter like /usr/bin/python not just python.

BTW, why don’t you try to install it via some kind of package manager – there is a repo for debian-based distros, and I’m pretty sure that there have to be repositories for other distributives.