ESP32 compile error: python .exe missing [SOLVED!]

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Platform: Ubuntu Linux / 1.8.19 IDE

Note: FRESH install.

Compile error on esp32:

exec: "python": executable file not found in $PATH
Error compiling for board ESP32 Dev Module.

I have installed python and rebooted.

   sudo apt-get install git && \
   wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && \
   sudo python3 get-pip.py && \
   sudo pip3 install pyserial && \
   mkdir -p ~/Arduino/hardware/espressif && \
   cd ~/Arduino/hardware/espressif && \
   git clone https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32.git esp32 && \
   cd esp32/tools && \
   python3 get.py

The above batch command executed without a hitch.

Ran this again:

ed@ed-G41MT-S2PT:~$ sudo apt install python3-pip
[sudo] password for ed: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python3-pip is already the newest version (20.0.2-5ubuntu1.6).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
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This command fixed the issue:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

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