Missing or wrong symlink - /usr/bin/python2 can not be found

[Alexander Micke]

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / getmail 5.5-3

When you run "getmail" after doing the configuration you recieve the following error:

"bash: /usr/bin/getmail: /usr/bin/python2: bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

This is caused by the first line of the getmail script stating "#!/usr/bin/python2" as the interpreter.

When checking "/usr/bin" you do not find a symlink for "python2" linking to "python2.7" (but there is one for "python3" linking to "python3.6").

Executing

"sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python2"

adds the missing symlink and solves the problem.

In case this bug can not be addressed to "getmail" i kindly ask for indulgence - this is my first bug report ever.

[Andreas Gruhler (andreas-gruhler)]

For me, "sudo apt-get install python" also created the symlink for python2.

[crash (crash369)]

I too am missing this link.
For me, re-running `apt install python` did not fix the error.