Problems installing Python #27233558

I gather support has had a look at your system and may have fixed it (though they can't be sure).

You can do e.g.

# dpkg -l

Note that's a lower case L above

To see a list of package names.

If you see a package isn't properly removed then you can do e.g.

# dpkg -L packagename

Upper case L this time to see the files that are owned by that package. It's possible that manually removing files can help with a subsequent attempt to purge the app.

Sometimes a package may fail to remove because a directory or file is missing. Manually recreating an empty directory or file may help with removing it.

Sometimes installing the package over the top of itself then removing it again is enough but other times you have to do more advanced steps as mentioned above.

The python package that the UI installs is pythonr6. The command line equivalent to install that would be e.g.

# apt-get install pythonr6

Doing an 

# apt-get install python

Is expected to cause problems. It's not something we would support.

It's not support's job to clean up mistakes you've made using SSH. We provide the option to use SSH as a courtesy to our users who want to do advanced unsupported things with it on the understanding that we may refuse support to fix problems that you run into as a result of changes you make using SSH.

If you're not comfortable with troubleshooting things like this yourself or learning to do so then you shouldn't be using SSH.