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Unfortunately Deleted /usr/bin/python

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Unfortunately I deleted the /usr/bin/python in my ubuntu 12.04
I went to /usr/bin/ and run

ls -al

then I got

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      64 Jul 13 14:58 python -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python

How do I link that python so that I can get python in terminal on running python

I also reinstalled python by

apt-get --purge --reinstall install python

I tried adding sym link like
ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/ /usr/bin/python then it thrown in ln: failed to create symbolic link/usr/bin/python': File exists`

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answered 2 Years ago fieldcheon · Accepted Answer

Boot up in recovery mode or something. I guess your current system state won't make it to the GUI without Python.

Remove the current dead link.
```
rm /usr/bin/python
```

Recreate the link

ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python

Don't forget to prepend the commands with sudo if you aren't root at that point.