dpkg reports problems configuring huge list of python-related packages after any APT command

apt package-management python dpkg 13.10
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Solution 1

The problem was that I was updating python in /usr/local/bin, but the actual installation is in /usr/bin/.

Solution 2

the root cause of your apt problems is python-lockfile, try to reinstall it with the following command:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-minimal python-lockfile

EDIT:

You're running 13.10 (which reached its EOL), please update your repositories to install from old-releases.ubuntu.com, see How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?.

You could also try to manually remove python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb from the cache and retry the above commands:

sudo rm "/var/cache/apt/archives/python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb"
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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • ZodEnIX
    ZodEnIX over 1 year

    I am having trouble installing any new packages in Ubuntu because of python.

    I tried sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev but I am getting the following output:

    Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
python3 is already the newest version.
python3-dev is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
280 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/5,207 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
dpkg: error processing python-lockfile (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of duplicity:
 duplicity depends on python-lockfile; however:
  Package python-lockfile is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing duplicity (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deja-dup:
 deja-dup depends on duplicity (>= 0.6.21); however:
  Package duplicity is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing deja-dup (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: error processing python-gi (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: error processing python-apt (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
Setting up python-six (1.3.0-1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-six (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: error processing python-chardet (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-debian:
 python-debian depends on python-six; however:
  Package python-six is not configured yet.
 python-debian depends on python-chardet; however:
  Package python-chardet is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-debian (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier-common:
 update-notifier-common depends on python-apt (>= 0.6.12); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
 update-notifier-common depends on python-debian; however:
  Package python-debian is not configured yet.`

dpkg: error processing update-notifier-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-sip (4.15.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-sip (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-qt4:
 python-qt4 depends on sip-api-10.1; however:
  Package sip-api-10.1 is not installed.
  Package python-sip which provides sip-api-10.1 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-qt4 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: error processing python-dbus (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-qt4-dbus:
 python-qt4-dbus depends on python-dbus (>= 0.84.0-2~); however:
  Package python-dbus is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-qt4-dbus (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: error processing python-dirspec (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: error processing python-httplib2 (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: error processing python-crypto (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-oauthlib:
 python-oauthlib depends on python-crypto; however:
  Package python-crypto is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-oauthlib (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-openssl (0.13-2ubuntu4) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-openssl (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up python-pkg-resources (0.6.37-1ubuntu1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-pkg-resources (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-zope.interface:
 python-zope.interface depends on python-pkg-resources; however:
  Package python-pkg-resources is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-zope.interface (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-twisted-core:
 python-twisted-core depends on python-zope.interface (>= 3.6); however:
  Package python-zope.interface is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-twisted-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-twisted-web:
 python-twisted-web depends on python-twisted-core (>= 13.0); however:
  Package python-twisted-core is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-twisted-web (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-ubuntu-sso-client:
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-dbus; however:
  Package python-dbus is not configured yet.
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-dirspec; however:
  Package python-dirspec is not configured yet.
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-httplib2 (>= 0.7.2); however:
  Package python-httplib2 is not configured yet.
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-oauthlib (>= 0.3.5); however:
  Package python-oauthlib is not configured yet.
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-openssl; however:
  Package python-openssl is not configured yet.
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-twisted-core; however:
  Package python-twisted-core is not configured yet.
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-twisted-web; however:
  Package python-twisted-web is not configured yet.
 python-ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-zope.interface; however:
  Package python-zope.interface is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-ubuntu-sso-client (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-sso-client:
 ubuntu-sso-client depends on python-ubuntu-sso-client (= 13.10-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package python-ubuntu-sso-client is not configured yet. 

dpkg: error processing ubuntu-sso-client (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-sso-client-qt:
 ubuntu-sso-client-qt depends on python-qt4; however:
  Package python-qt4 is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-sso-client-qt depends on python-qt4-dbus; however:
  Package python-qt4-dbus is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-sso-client-qt depends on python-ubuntu-sso-client (= 13.10-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package python-ubuntu-sso-client is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-sso-client-qt depends on ubuntu-sso-client (= 13.10-0ubuntu1.1); however:
  Package ubuntu-sso-client is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing ubuntu-sso-client-qt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-problem-report (2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-problem-report (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: error processing python-keyring (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-lazr.uri:
 python-lazr.uri depends on python-pkg-resources; however:
  Package python-pkg-resources is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-lazr.uri (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-simplejson (3.3.0-2ubuntu2) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-simplejson (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-wadllib:
 python-wadllib depends on python-pkg-resources; however:
  Package python-pkg-resources is not configured yet.
 python-wadllib depends on python-lazr.uri; however:
  Package python-lazr.uri is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-wadllib (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-oauth (1.0.1-3build1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-oauth (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-lazr.restfulclient:
 python-lazr.restfulclient depends on python-httplib2; however:
  Package python-httplib2 is not configured yet.
 python-lazr.restfulclient depends on python-lazr.uri; however:
  Package python-lazr.uri is not configured yet.
 python-lazr.restfulclient depends on python-pkg-resources; however:
  Package python-pkg-resources is not configured yet.
 python-lazr.restfulclient depends on python-simplejson; however:
  Package python-simplejson is not configured yet.
 python-lazr.restfulclient depends on python-wadllib (>= 1.1.4); however:
  Package python-wadllib is not configured yet.
 python-lazr.restfulclient depends on python-zope.interface; however:
  Package python-zope.interface is not configured yet.
 python-lazr.restfulclient depends on python-oauth; however:
  Package python-oauth is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-lazr.restfulclient (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-launchpadlib:
 python-launchpadlib depends on python-httplib2 (>= 0.4.0); however:
  Package python-httplib2 is not configured yet.
 python-launchpadlib depends on python-keyring (>= 0.5); however:
  Package python-keyring is not configured yet.
 python-launchpadlib depends on python-lazr.restfulclient (>= 0.11.2); however:
  Package python-lazr.restfulclient is not configured yet.
 python-launchpadlib depends on python-lazr.uri (>= 1.0.2-4~); however:
  Package python-lazr.uri is not configured yet.
 python-launchpadlib depends on python-oauth; however:
  Package python-oauth is not configured yet.
 python-launchpadlib depends on python-simplejson; however:
  Package python-simplejson is not configured yet.
 python-launchpadlib depends on python-wadllib; however:
  Package python-wadllib is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-launchpadlib (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-apport:
 python-apport depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.9); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
 python-apport depends on python-problem-report (>= 0.94); however:
  Package python-problem-report is not configured yet.
 python-apport depends on python-launchpadlib (>= 1.5.7); however:
  Package python-launchpadlib is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-apport (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-distupgrade:
 python3-distupgrade depends on python-apport; however:
  Package python-apport is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python3-distupgrade (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-update-manager:
 python3-update-manager depends on python3-distupgrade; however:
  Package python3-distupgrade is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python3-update-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core depends on python3-distupgrade (= 1:0.205.6); however:
  Package python3-distupgrade is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager-core:
 update-manager-core depends on python3-update-manager (= 1:0.194.1); however:
  Package python3-update-manager is not configured yet.
 update-manager-core depends on ubuntu-release-upgrader-core; however:
  Package ubuntu-release-upgrader-core is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing update-manager-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up gconf2 (3.2.6-0ubuntu1) ...

(gconftool-2:20627): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/gconf-schemas", line 121, in <module>
    trim(os.path.join(defaults_dest,"%gconf-tree.xml"), get_valid_languages())
  File "/usr/sbin/gconf-schemas", line 18, in get_valid_languages
    langs.add(l.split('_')[0])
TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer API
dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of aisleriot:
 aisleriot depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
  Package gconf2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing aisleriot (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-terminal-data:
 gnome-terminal-data depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
  Package gconf2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal-data (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-terminal:
 gnome-terminal depends on gnome-terminal-data (>= 3.6); however:
  Package gnome-terminal-data is not configured yet.
 gnome-terminal depends on gnome-terminal-data (<< 3.7); however:
  Package gnome-terminal-data is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-xapian (1.2.15-4) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-xapian (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt-xapian-index:
 apt-xapian-index depends on python-xapian (>= 1.0.2); however:
  Package python-xapian is not configured yet.
 apt-xapian-index depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.93.2); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
 apt-xapian-index depends on python-debian (>= 0.1.14); however:
  Package python-debian is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing apt-xapian-index (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apturl-common:
 apturl-common depends on python3-update-manager; however:
  Package python3-update-manager is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing apturl-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apturl:
 apturl depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
  Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
 apturl depends on apturl-common (= 0.5.2ubuntu2); however:
  Package apturl-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing apturl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of compiz-gnome:
 compiz-gnome depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
  Package gconf2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing compiz-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of compiz:
 compiz depends on compiz-gnome; however:
  Package compiz-gnome is not configured yet.


dpkg: error processing compiz (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deja-dup-backend-gvfs:
 deja-dup-backend-gvfs depends on deja-dup; however:
  Package deja-dup is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing deja-dup-backend-gvfs (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-xdg (0.25-3) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error processing python-xdg (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-configglue:
 python-configglue depends on python-xdg; however:
  Package python-xdg is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing python-configglue (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-lockfile
 duplicity
 deja-dup
 python-gi
 python-apt
 python-six
 python-chardet
 python-debian
 update-notifier-common
 python-sip
 python-qt4
 python-dbus
 python-qt4-dbus
 python-dirspec
 python-httplib2
 python-crypto
 python-oauthlib
 python-openssl
 python-pkg-resources
 python-zope.interface
 python-twisted-core
 python-twisted-web
 python-ubuntu-sso-client
 ubuntu-sso-client
 ubuntu-sso-client-qt
 python-problem-report
 python-keyring
 python-lazr.uri
 python-simplejson
 python-wadllib
 python-oauth
 python-lazr.restfulclient
 python-launchpadlib
 python-apport
 python3-distupgrade
 python3-update-manager
 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
 update-manager-core
 gconf2
 aisleriot
 gnome-terminal-data
 gnome-terminal
 python-xapian
 apt-xapian-index
 apturl-common
 apturl
 compiz-gnome
 compiz
 deja-dup-backend-gvfs
 python-xdg
 python-configglue
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.

    I tried sudo apt-get install -f but my output is:

    Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
280 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/5,207 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: error processing python-lockfile (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of duplicity:
 duplicity depends on python-lockfile; however:
  Package python-lockfile is not configured yet.`

    Followed by same error as above.

    I am using python 2.7.5. I have done apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean and all variations on that theme.

    I really want to be able to install python-dev. How can I make this happen?

    Output for sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-lockfile

    Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
280 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/5,207 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 209306 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace python-lockfile 1:0.8-2ubuntu1 (using .../python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
  File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63
    except (IOError, OSError), e:
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
  File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63
    except (IOError, OSError), e:
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

    Output for apt-cache policy python-lockfile

    python-lockfile:
  Installed: 1:0.8-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:0.8-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.8-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

    Output for apt-cache policy python-minimal

    python-minimal:
  Installed: 2.7.5-5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.7.5-5ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.7.5-5ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

    Output for sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-minimal python-lockfile

    Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
280 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 31.4 kB/5,238 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main python-minimal amd64 2.7.5-5ubuntu1 [31.4 kB]
Fetched 31.4 kB in 0s (93.3 kB/s)         
(Reading database ... 209306 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace python-lockfile 1:0.8-2ubuntu1 (using .../python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
  File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63
    except (IOError, OSError), e:
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
  File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63
    except (IOError, OSError), e:
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Preparing to replace python-minimal 2.7.5-5ubuntu1 (using .../python-minimal_2.7.5-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement python-minimal ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/python-lockfile_1%3a0.8-2ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  • Sylvain Pineau
    Sylvain Pineau over 9 years
    Please comment on my answer, leave comments on your question for people who ask for more details
  • ZodEnIX
    ZodEnIX over 9 years
    I did try the suggestions and displayed the results in the question. But, the problem is not yet solved.
  • laike9m
    laike9m over 8 years
    I use sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3-minimal python-lockfile.

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