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In the mean time, I figured it out. The $PYTHONPATH was a red herring and not related to the problem.

The code was indeed calling an incorrectly configured Python binary, but this was not due to the $PYTHONPATH.

The file cmd_vel_listener.py had an incorrect shebang. After changing it to the default everything works:

#!/usr/bin/env python

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