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Disclaimer: I'm running Arch Linux, not ubuntu, but that should be irrelevant, or if it isn't I should be able to translate from apt to pacman.

Whenever I attempt to use an application relating to python2(gnome-tweak-tool, bzr, etc.) it fails to start and, when run from command-line, I get this error:

    [username@host ~]$ gnome-tweak-tool
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 563, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 545, in main
    known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 278, in addusersitepackages
    user_site = getusersitepackages()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 253, in getusersitepackages
    user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 243, in getuserbase
    USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 520, in get_config_var
    return get_config_vars().get(name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 419, in get_config_vars
    _init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 287, in _init_posix
    raise IOError(msg)
IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/bin/lib/python2.7/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

I checked /usr/bin/lib/python2.7/config/ and it is empty.

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Its input/output error for system related issue such as file or directory not found/exist docs.python.org/library/exceptions.html#exceptions.IOError. Could you elaborate on what you are trying to achieve? – sagarchalise Feb 18 '12 at 3:49
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AFAIK /usr/bin should not have a lib folder as libraries are provided from /usr/lib folder. May be you should pass some argument for paths to look for during installation ? By the way gnome-tweak-tool is provided through arch official repositories so it should work unless you are trying a different tweak-tool ? – sagarchalise Feb 18 '12 at 4:00
Yeah, there's definitely something we're missing here. It should be /usr/lib, not /usr/bin/lib. Something was definitely mistyped at some point. Can you just run the python command? – Ken Feb 18 '12 at 17:13
This is offtopic here on Ask Ubuntu, I suggest you ask on Unix and Linux instead.. – jrg♦ Feb 19 '12 at 2:36
Moving to Unix and Linux. – Marcel Camaret Feb 23 '12 at 19:57

closed as off topic by Jo-Erlend Schinstad, jrg♦ Feb 19 '12 at 2:36

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