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  2. CFE-2445

apt_get package module fails on default Ubuntu 16.04 install.

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      Python 2 is no longer a part of the default installation of Ubuntu 16.04.

      https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes#Python_3

      As a result when you try to use the apt_get module you get the following error

      error: unsupported package module wrapper API version: -1
error: Can not set up wrapper for module: apt_get

      running it by hand gives you 

      root@ubuntu-xenial:~# /var/cfengine/modules/packages/apt_get 
-su: /var/cfengine/modules/packages/apt_get: /usr/bin/python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

      which leads you to this

      ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial:~# python -v
The program 'python' can be found in the following packages:
 * python-minimal
 * python3

      I did run a quick test and switching the shebang to python3 seemed to work.

      My work around at the moment is to use the old package method to install python2.

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            Assignee:
            a10038 jimis (Dimitrios Apostolou)
            Reporter:
            ageorgop Alex Georgopoulos
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