[ST2] Package Control not working at all?

[TheShotte]

I have installed Package Control manually on Sublime Text 2. If I go to Preferences menu, Package Control shows up on the bottom. However, if I go to Preferences > Package Settings > Package Control, all 3 options are grayed out. If I hit Ctrl + Shift + P, none of the Package Control commands show up. I used to just start typing "Pa Ins" and I would get Package Control: Install Package right off the bat. Now, I would like to install Package Control so I could install the SFTP plugin (which I have actually paid for). I have no idea how to troubleshoot this at all.

I have checked and made sure that it's not listed in "Ignored Packages", here's what I got there:
"ignored_packages": ["Vintage"]

[FichteFoll]

What platform are you on? What errors do you see in the console and can you paste its contents here? (View → Show Console)

Generally, Sublime Text 2 is unsupported by both SublimeHq and PC and there can be various reasons for it not to work for you. I strongly suggest using the latest ST version instead.

[deathaxe]

Modern MacOS versions don't ship python 2.6 which causes issues with plugins in general.

Beyound that, the oscrypto library Package Control 3.4 depends on, is known to require a function from python's stdlib, which is not supported by python 2.6.

As downgrading oscrypto is no option for other reasons, I don't see any solution for ST2.

Time for ST2 is just over and PC 4.0 will officially drop support for it.

[baumanj]

I'm getting a similar issue after using Sublime Text (Stable Channel, Build 4143) on a newly created (second) admin account. I haven't been through all the troubleshooting for Package Control, but I just thought I'd mention this doesn't seem to be limited to ST2.

The first thing I've noticed is that if I choose "Settings…" > "Browse Packages…" on the new account (jon), I get

/Users/jon/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text/Packages which is empty apart from an empty User dir

but if I do the same thing on the original account (baumanj) I get

/Users/baumanj/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages, which is full of stuff

I'm guessing the Application Support directory changed from "Sublime Text 3" to "Sublime Text" at some point, but I'm not sure how this got into a bad state or what the best way to fix it would be.

[deathaxe]

ST3 and ST4 related problems are tracked and discussed at #1612.