Well here's an IRC conversation detailing the "fix" which really just allowed me to uninstall it, it refused to run.
<Ademan> hey the k3d package failed to install (not k3b, this is a 3d modeling program) and it failed on the post-install script, now whenever i try to do anything with apt it first tries to run that stupid post-install script and it keeps failing and blocking me from doing anything else, including removing the offending package, what can i do? <crimsun> Ademan: please pastebin the error spew. <Ademan> crimsun: sure http://rafb.net/paste/results/8wCbEo29.html <crimsun> Ademan: please paste /var/lib/dpkg/info/k3d.prerm and /var/lib/dpkg/info/k3d.postinst <Ademan> sure <-- dredhammer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has left #xubuntu ("Leaving") <Ademan> http://rafb.net/paste/results/KUASVY41.html sorry i accidentally had it highlight c++ but whatever <crimsun> ok, sec <Ademan> i still need to bugreport the package, because i'm pretty sure its the package's fault <crimsun> what's the output from ``/usr/bin/dpkg-query -s k3d|grep ^Python-Version'' --> Commander-Crowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has joined #xubuntu <Ademan> are thnose backtics? <crimsun> `` are backticks; '' are apostrophes you don't need them; they're used to denote a command <Commander-Crowe> hey guys <Zeqfreed> hey Commander-Crowe <Ademan> crimsun: outputs Python-Versions: current <crimsun> interesting grep -nH k3d /var/lib/dpkg/status <Ademan> "/var/lib/dpkg/status:38226:Package: k3d" <crimsun> ok, now sudo $EDITOR /var/lib/dpkg/status jump to line 38226 at the end of the Package: k3d section, there should be a Python-Version* <Ademan> says current <crimsun> what precisely does that line say? <Ademan> "Python-Versions: current" <crimsun> bingo it's a packaging bug because it uses the wrong syntax python-central expects Python-Version:, so Python-Versions: will fail what's the output from ``dpkg -l python2.3\*|grep ^ii'' ? <Ademan> i ran "dpkg -l python2.3\*|grep ^ii" and got no output <crimsun> good. <Ademan> should i edit the status by hand to be Python-Version: ? <crimsun> change "Python-Versions: current" to "Python-Version: >= 2.4" <Ademan> k <crimsun> ugliest hack every ever, even <Ademan> definitely a package bug though huh? <crimsun> python-central bug, yes ** Attachment added: "Relevant paste" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4946157/8wCbEo29.txt -- k3d postinst causes problems https://launchpad.net/bugs/69830 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
