-----Original Message----- From: Eugene V. Lyubimkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:30 AM To: Mark Phillips Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Help...I hosed my system trying to apt-get dist-upgrade
>=20 > depend on python - they cannot be installed (see rhytmbox example =20 >below). >=20 > =20 >=20 > Setting up python (2.5.2-1) ... >=20 > running python rtupdate hooks for python2.5... >=20 > INFO: using old version '/usr/bin/python2.3' >=20 > file does not exist: >/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_spe/plugins/kiki= >=20 > file does not >=20 > exist: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_spe/plugins/wxGlade >=20 > pycentral: pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (221) >=20 pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (221) =20 >error running python rtupdate hook pycentral =20 Updating *.pc >symlinks for python-gst0.10... >=20 > dpkg: error processing python (--configure): >=20 > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 4 =20 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rhythmbox: >=20 > rhythmbox depends on python; however: >=20 > Package python is not configured yet. >=20 > =20 >=20 > I keep getting the messasge "run dpkg -- configure -a", but I get all >=20 the same errors. I tried googling for the two missing files, and >there =20 are no references to them. >=20 > =20 >=20 > Any suggestions on how to fix this will be greatly appreciated! Try to run 'apt-get install python-central' I tried it, and get this error: narwhale:/home/mark# apt-get install python-central E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. narwhale:/home/mark# I can't do anything with apt now. Mark --=20 Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Debian testing system and I ran apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. I now have this problem with python and all packages that depend on python - they cannot be installed (see rhytmbox example below). Setting up python (2.5.2-1) ... running python rtupdate hooks for python2.5... INFO: using old version '/usr/bin/python2.3' file does not exist: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_spe/plugins/kiki file does not exist: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_spe/plugins/wxGlade pycentral: pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (221) pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (221) error running python rtupdate hook pycentral Updating *.pc symlinks for python-gst0.10... dpkg: error processing python (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 4 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rhythmbox: rhythmbox depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. I keep getting the messasge "run dpkg -- configure -a", but I get all the same errors. I tried googling for the two missing files, and there are no references to them. Any suggestions on how to fix this will be greatly appreciated! Mark libnss3-1d_3.12.0-4_i386.deb http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-11876.html # dpkg --force overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libnss3-1d_3.12.0-4_i386.deb E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. narwhale:/home/mark# dpkg --configure -a Processing triggers for menu ... Setting up libgdome2-cpp-smart0c2a (0.2.6-2+b1) ... Setting up libgda3-3 (3.0.2-4.1) ... Setting up libarts1c2a (1.5.9-2) ... Setting up vim-gnome (1:7.1.314-3+b1) ... Setting up python (2.5.2-1) ... running python rtupdate hooks for python2.5... INFO: using old version '/usr/bin/python2.3' file does not exist: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_spe/plugins/kiki file does not exist: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_spe/plugins/wxGlade pycentral: pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (221) pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (221) error running python rtupdate hook pycentral Updating *.pc symlinks for python-gst0.10... dpkg: error processing python (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 4 Setting up obex-data-server (0.3.4-1) ... Setting up libpurple0 (2.4.3-1) ... Setting up doc-base (0.8.16) ... Registering 64 doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Setting up cupsys-bsd (1.3.7-9) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rhythmbox: rhythmbox depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing rhythmbox (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gdbm: python-gdbm depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gdbm depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gdbm (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-cupsutils: python-cupsutils depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-cupsutils (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libgoffice-0-6 (0.6.3-1) ... Setting up libwine-print (1.0.0-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-gstreamer: totem-gstreamer depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-gstreamer (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal-cups-utils: hal-cups-utils depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. hal-cups-utils depends on python-cupsutils; however: Package python-cupsutils is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hal-cups-utils (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-sexy: python-sexy depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-sexy depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-sexy (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-support: python-support depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-support (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-dev: python-dev depends on python (= 2.5.2-1); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtkhtml2: python-gtkhtml2 depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtkhtml2 depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtkhtml2 depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gtkhtml2 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-games: gnome-games depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-games (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up vim (1:7.1.314-3+b1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of alacarte: alacarte depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing alacarte (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up wine (1.0.0-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gdata: python-gdata depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gdata depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gdata (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up gnuchess-book (1.00-2) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-wxversion: python-wxversion depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-wxversion depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-wxversion (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up transmission-gtk (1.22-1) ... Setting up gnome-vfs-obexftp (0.4-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deskbar-applet: deskbar-applet depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. deskbar-applet depends on python (>= 2.5); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing deskbar-applet (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-cups: python-cups depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-cups depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-cups depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-cups (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libaiksaurusgtk-1.2-0c2a (1.2.1+dev-0.12-6) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtksourceview2: python-gtksourceview2 depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtksourceview2 depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtksourceview2 depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gtksourceview2 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gobject: python-gobject depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gobject depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gobject depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets-data: gnome-applets-data depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. gnome-applets-data depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-applets-data (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome: gnome depends on gnome-games (>= 1:2.22.2); however: Package gnome-games is not configured yet. gnome depends on rhythmbox (>= 0.11.5); however: Package rhythmbox is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libgtkmathview0c2a (0.8.0-3) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of serpentine: serpentine depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing serpentine (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up rss-glx (0.8.1-10+b1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtkglext1: python-gtkglext1 depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtkglext1 depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtkglext1 depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gtkglext1 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gst0.10: python-gst0.10 depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gst0.10 depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gst0.10 depends on python-gobject (>= 2.11.2); however: Package python-gobject is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gst0.10 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pida: pida depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. pida depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. pida depends on python-gtkhtml2; however: Package python-gtkhtml2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing pida (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-plugins: totem-plugins depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. totem-plugins depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. totem-plugins depends on python-gdata; however: Package python-gdata is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-plugins (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-xdg: python-xdg depends on python (>= 2.3); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-xdg depends on python-support (>= 0.2); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-xdg (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-games-data: gnome-games-data depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. gnome-games-data depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-games-data (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gimp-python: gimp-python depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. gimp-python depends on python (>= 2.5); however: Package python is not configured yet. gimp-python depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gimp-python (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-notify: python-notify depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-notify depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-notify depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-notify (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtkmozembed: python-gtkmozembed depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtkmozembed depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gtkmozembed depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gtkmozembed (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconf2: gconf2 depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of swfdec-gnome: swfdec-gnome depends on gconf2; however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing swfdec-gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-apt: python-apt depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-apt depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-apt (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets: gnome-applets depends on gconf2 (>= 2.12.1-1); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. gnome-applets depends on gnome-applets-data (>= 2.22); however: Package gnome-applets-data is not configured yet. gnome-applets depends on gnome-applets-data (<< 2.23); however: Package gnome-applets-data is not configured yet. gnome-applets depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-applets (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-common: totem-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-setuptools: python-setuptools depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-setuptools depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-setuptools (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-opengl: python-opengl depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. python-opengl depends on python-ctypes | python (>= 2.5); however: Package python-ctypes is not installed. Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-opengl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ekiga: ekiga depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ekiga (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-xine: totem-xine depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. totem-xine depends on totem-common (>= 2.22); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. totem-xine depends on totem-common (<< 2.23); however: Package totem-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing totem-xine (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up gimp-gnomevfs (2.4.6-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gnome2-extras: python-gnome2-extras depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gnome2-extras depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-gnome2-extras depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. python-gnome2-extras depends on python-gtkhtml2 (= 2.19.1-2); however: Package python-gtkhtml2 is not configured yet. python-gnome2-extras depends on python-gtkmozembed (= 2.19.1-2); however: Package python-gtkmozembed is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gnome2-extras (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-power-manager: gnome-power-manager depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-power-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-pkg-resources: python-pkg-resources depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-pkg-resources depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-pkg-resources (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-beagle: python-beagle depends on python (>= 2.5); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-beagle depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-beagle depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-beagle (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-4suite-xml: python-4suite-xml depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-4suite-xml depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-4suite-xml (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up kdelibs4c2a (4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-eggtrayicon: python-eggtrayicon depends on python (<< 2.6); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-eggtrayicon depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. python-eggtrayicon depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-eggtrayicon (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openssl-blacklist: openssl-blacklist depends on python; however: Package python is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing openssl-blacklist (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eog: eog depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing eog (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-system-monitor: gnome-system-monitor depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-system-monitor (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of system-config-printer: system-config-printer depends on python (>= 2.4); however: Package python is not configured yet. system-config-printer depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however: Package python-support is not configured yet. system-config-printer depends on python-cups (>= 1.9.27); however: Package python-cups is not configured yet. system-config-printer depends on python-cupsutils (= 1.0.0-2); however: Package python-cupsutils is not configured yet. system-config-printer depends on python-notify; however: Package python-notify is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing system-config-printer (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-settings-daemon: gnome-settings-daemon depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-settings-daemon (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of capplets-data: capplets-data depends on gconf2 (>= 2.12.1-1); however: Package gconf2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing capplets-data (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: too many errors, stopping dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:265: process_queue: Assertion `!queue.length' failed. Aborted narwhale:/home/mark#