Public bug reported: My high level goal is to install clang in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver, however clang's dependency package python2.7-minimal appears to be broken, at least on my machine:
$ sudo apt-get install clang Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: binfmt-support clang-6.0 lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libc6-i386 libclang-common-6.0-dev libclang1-6.0 libffi-dev libgc1c2 libjsoncpp1 libllvm6.0 libncurses5 libncursesw5 libobjc-7-dev libobjc4 libomp-dev libomp5 libpython-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libtinfo-dev libtinfo5 llvm-6.0 llvm-6.0-dev llvm-6.0-runtime python python-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal Suggested packages: gnustep gnustep-devel clang-6.0-doc libomp-doc llvm-6.0-doc python-doc python-tk python2.7-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: binfmt-support clang clang-6.0 lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libc6-i386 libclang-common-6.0-dev libclang1-6.0 libffi-dev libgc1c2 libjsoncpp1 libllvm6.0 libobjc-7-dev libobjc4 libomp-dev libomp5 libpython-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libtinfo-dev llvm-6.0 llvm-6.0-dev llvm-6.0-runtime python python-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal The following packages will be upgraded: libncurses5 libncursesw5 libtinfo5 3 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded. Need to get 70.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 384 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? 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(Reading database ... 107882 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.15~rc1-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpython2.7-minimal:amd64 (2.7.15~rc1-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package python2.7-minimal. Preparing to unpack .../python2.7-minimal_2.7.15~rc1-1_amd64.deb ... new installation of python2.7-minimal; /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages is a directory which is expected a symlink to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages. please find the package shipping files in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages and file a bug report to ship these in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages instead aborting installation of python2.7-minimal dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.7-minimal_2.7.15~rc1-1_amd64.deb (--unpack): new python2.7-minimal package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Selecting previously unselected package python-minimal. Preparing to unpack .../python-minimal_2.7.15~rc1-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking python-minimal (2.7.15~rc1-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libncurses5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libncurses5:amd64 (6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04) over (6.1-1ubuntu1) ... Preparing to unpack .../libtinfo5_6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libtinfo5:amd64 (6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04) over (6.1-1ubuntu1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.7-minimal_2.7.15~rc1-1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Affects: python2.7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775459 Title: python2.7-minimal broken in bionic beaver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/+bug/1775459/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
