py3versions command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

py3versions: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: py3versions: command not found

Solutions to py3versions: command not found

How To Fix py3versions: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu py3versions is provided by python3-minimal package.

python3-minimal is:

This package contains the interpreter and some essential modules. It’s used in the boot process for some basic tasks. See /usr/share/doc/python3.10-minimal/README.Debian for a list of the modules contained in this package.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install python3-minimal

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install python3-minimal.

sudo apt -y install python3-minimal

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install python3-minimal

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix py3versions command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.