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Please run sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade attach the output here and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'. Jörg ** Changed in: duplicity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to duplicity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1273136 Title: update to duplicity fails to install Status in “duplicity” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: attempted to update this morning and the update of duplicity failed. The apt term log shows the following: Setting up duplicity (0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4) ... Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',) dpkg: error processing duplicity (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 101 And here's from the retry with apt-get install -f: Log started: 2014-01-27 01:06:04 Setting up duplicity (0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4) ... Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',) dpkg: error processing duplicity (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 101 Errors were encountered while processing: duplicity Log ended: 2014-01-27 01:06:05 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-45.68~precise1-generic 3.5.7.26 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jan 27 01:09:36 2014 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: duplicity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/duplicity/+bug/1273136/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp