debian package: declare dependency on python

Closes #6231.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 216711447
diff --git a/scripts/packages/debian/BUILD b/scripts/packages/debian/BUILD
index a8612a1..b809983 100644
--- a/scripts/packages/debian/BUILD
+++ b/scripts/packages/debian/BUILD
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         "zlib1g-dev",
         "bash-completion",
         "unzip",
+        "python",
     ],
     description_file = "description",
     homepage = "http://bazel.build",
diff --git a/scripts/packages/debian/control b/scripts/packages/debian/control
index f3b2449..851decd 100644
--- a/scripts/packages/debian/control
+++ b/scripts/packages/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
 # Keep in sync with :bazel-debian in ./BUILD
-Depends: google-jdk | java8-sdk-headless | java8-jdk | java8-sdk | oracle-java8-installer, g++, zlib1g-dev, bash-completion, unzip
+Depends: google-jdk | java8-sdk-headless | java8-jdk | java8-sdk | oracle-java8-installer, g++, zlib1g-dev, bash-completion, unzip, python
 Description: Bazel is a tool that automates software builds and tests.
  Supported build tasks include running compilers and linkers to produce
  executable programs and libraries, and assembling deployable packages