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Python3 install installs wrapper calling python instead of python3

See original GitHub issue

> sudo pip3 install mssql-cli
Collecting mssql-cli
  Using cached mssql_cli-0.18.2-py2.py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl (43.4 MB)
Requirement already satisfied: [...]
[...]
Installing collected packages: mssql-cli
Successfully installed mssql-cli-0.18.2

> mssql-cli
/usr/local/bin/mssql-cli: Zeile 16: python: command not found

> grep python /usr/local/bin/mssql-cli
[...]
16:python -m mssqlcli.main "$@"

All other Python scripts installed via pip in /usr/local/bin refer to python3[.8].

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Created 3 years ago
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thorstenkampecommented, Apr 13, 2020

I have to correct myself: the distribution is not 18.04 but 19.10, the latest version of Ubuntu.

I guess I have to wait until 20.04 becomes supported.

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ellboschcommented, Apr 14, 2020

Sorry @thorstenkampe, we don’t support 19.10 at this time. Closing this issue.

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