On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 02:59:21PM +0100, Catonano wrote: > I'm trying to package git-cola > > it uses a makefile and such makefile calls the python machinery for > building (python setup.py ...) with some arguments > > make cannot find the command "python" > > starting phase `build' > make: python: Command not found > python setup.py build > make: python: Command not found > make: *** [Makefile:91: build] Error 127 > phase `build' failed after 0.0 seconds > > Python is in the inputs, though > > Like this > (inputs > `(("python" ,python))) > > How can I let it find Python ?
The python package provides a `python3` executable, but not `python`. You can use the python-wrapper package if you need a `python` executable that is Python 3. There's an example in the package definition of python-tlsh.