Python hasn't worked for a while on my systems. The one I was just working
on is Mystic Linux/64. It's Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS with v1.12 A47 Linux/64 Compiled 2021/02/12 18:33:53. I've noticed g00r00 tried to make # do the
python path for a theme, I believe the current theme. That doesn't seem
to work, but maybe I don't understand how to use it. I've found the only
thing that really works is the full path. Doing:
ldconfig -p | grep libpython
Yields:
libpython3.8.so.1.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.8.so.1.0 libpython2.7.so.1.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1.0 whereis python yields:
python: /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python3.8 /usr/lib/python2.7 /usr/lib/python3.9 /usr/lib/python3.8 /etc/python2.7 /etc/python3.8 /usr/local/lib/python2.7 /usr/local/lib/python3.8 /usr/include/python3.8 /usr/share/python
I have the two python test scripts in /mystic/themes/default/scripts and
they are using that full path. Both being the original one and the newer one. Running either yeilds:
Cannot initialize Python, press a key

Things look pretty standard placement wise so why don't they work? They both did on the earilier system before Windows10 crashed and I replaced it with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS so it's likely that. I think things last worked under
16.04 LTS, not sure about 18.04 LTS (which I had to compile 2.7).

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I finally gave up and installed .47 which allowed me to explicitly document the path to the lib in Mystic

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On 17 Mar 2021, Ulysses said the following...

I finally gave up and installed .47 which allowed me to explicitly document the path to the lib in Mystic
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Raspberry Pi/32)

By .47 you really mean A47 2021/02/12 for the Pi/32 as noted in your tag line? Not sure how that helps, but will read over the whatsnew.txt again about python. Still I know the path and library are right which is why I put them
in the original message:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1.0

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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On 17 Mar 2021, Ulysses said the following...

I finally gave up and installed .47 which allowed me to explicitly document the
path to the lib in Mystic
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Raspberry Pi/32)

I see what you mean, checked A47 General Settings and it's there now: bcw@leno:/mystic$ cat J.ans
pi@dmz:/mystic $ ldconfig -p | grep libpython
libpython3.4m.so.1.0 (libc6,hard-float) => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf
libpython3.4m.so.1.0
libpython3.4m.so (libc6,hard-float) => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libp
ython3.4m.so
libpython2.7.so.1.0 (libc6,hard-float) => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/l
ibpython2.7.so.1.0
pi@dmz:/mystic $ ./mystic -cfg ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ Configuration Networking Servers Editors Other Exit █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ General Settings ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄
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█ BBS Name │ Mystic Pi BBS Local Codepage │ UTF8 █
▄▄ █ Sysop Name │ bcw142 Chat Logging │ No █▓gj!
▐█▄█ Sysop Password │ ****** Hours Start │ 16 ██▄▄
░███ System Password │ Hours End │ 22 ███▒■ ▀ ▓██ Sysop ACS │ s255 Chat Feedback │ Yes ███▌▐ ▓ ▒▓█ Feedback To │ bcw142 Screen Cols │ 80 █▓░ ▓ ▀ █░█ Start Menu │ prelogin Screen Size │ 24 ██░ ▓ ░░▓██ QWK Net Menu │ qwknetwork Inactivity │ 999 █ ▄▄█ ▄▄■ █ Default Theme │ default █ ▌░░
█ Config Theme │ 3D ANSI █ ▀▄
█ Python2 Library │ /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpython2.7.so.1.0 █
█ Python3 Library │ /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpython3.4m.so.1. █
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BCW

Yep - I smiled when I saw it! Realized it was exactly what I needed - I now can ron Python2.7 and 3 stacked - no issues. So yes .47 2/12 and on a Pi4 8GB box.

Glad you found it and it worked out for you..

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I was running into issues with Python as well with A46, but I updated to A47 and haven't had any issues since then.

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