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authorKevin Mitchell <kevmitch@gmail.com>2020-11-16 00:30:45 -0800
committerKevin Mitchell <kevmitch@gmail.com>2020-11-16 00:30:45 -0800
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debian: make python3 work
Debian is determined to make the python3 upgrade as painful as possible
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mk-build-deps -s sudo -i
+Debian no longer provides an unversioned "python" binary, so you need to
+create your own symlink from python3 (or python2) if this is the cae::
+
+ which python || sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 3
+
You can now build the mpv Debian package with the following command::
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -b -j4