Removed Python in order to update Linux Mint and now cannot get in

Question

I just wanted to go from 2.7 to 3.5+. To do that I did

$ sudo apt-get remove python

Followed by installing python 3.5 packages..

Now I cannot get into my operating system. It shows the screen for UBuntu 13.04 but beyond that it restarts. How do I go about recovering my Linux Mint back?

Do I need to reinstall it fresh or is there way to repair this. Please help me out.

Answer 1

You'll most likely need to reinstall fresh. You can view the Ubuntu wiki on Python here. Essentially, a lot of base packages have dependencies upon Python 2.7. A potentially more thorough response is available over on AskUbuntu at this link.

As also mentioned by other users, the preferred method is to install Python 3 alongside Python 2. It's easy enough to invoke it by using python3 instead of python.