I had to perform a reboot recently, and running sudo apt upgrade has resulted in dependency problems ever since:
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libapparmor1 libargon2-1 libcryptsetup12 libdevmapper1.02.1 libip4tc2 libjson-c5 libkmod2 systemd
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
13 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up python3 (3.10.6-1~22.04) ...
running python rtupdate hooks for python3.10...
dpkg-query: package 'ibus-table' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of ibus-table
error running python rtupdate hook ibus-table
dpkg-query: package 'ibus' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of ibus
error running python rtupdate hook ibus
dpkg-query: package 'python3-uno' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of python3-uno
error running python rtupdate hook python3-uno
dpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer-common' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printer-common
error running python rtupdate hook system-config-printer-common
dpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printer
error running python rtupdate hook system-config-printer
dpkg: error processing package python3 (--configure):
installed python3 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 4
Setting up systemd (249.11-0ubuntu3.9) ...
cp: '/etc/resolv.conf' and '/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf' are the same file
dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure):
installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-wheel:
python3-wheel depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-wheel (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-dev:
python3-dev depends on python3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-pip:
python3-pip depends on python3-wheel; however:
Package python3-wheel is not configured yet.
python3-pip depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-pip (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-release:
lsb-release depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package lsb-release (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-lib2to3:
python3-lib2to3 depends on python3:any (>= 3.10.5-0~); however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
python3-lib2to3 depends on python3:any (<< 3.12); however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-lib2to3 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-pkg-resources:
python3-pkg-resources depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-pkg-resources (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-distutils:
python3-distutils depends on python3:any (>= 3.10.5-0~); however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
python3-distutils depends on python3:any (<< 3.12); however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
python3-distutils depends on python3-lib2to3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however:
Package python3-lib2to3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-distutils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-setuptools:
python3-setuptools depends on python3-pkg-resources (= 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1); however:
Package python3-pkg-resources is not configured yet.
python3-setuptools depends on python3-distutils; however:
Package python3-distutils is not configured yet.
python3-setuptools depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-setuptools (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-distro:
python3-distro depends on lsb-release; however:
Package lsb-release is not configured yet.
python3-distro depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data:
hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however:
Package python3-distro is not configured yet.
hplip-data depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
Package lsb-release is not configured yet.
python3-distro depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data:
hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however:
Package python3-distro is not configured yet.
hplip-data depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
Package lsb-release is not configured yet.
python3-distro depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data:
hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however:
Package python3-distro is not configured yet.
hplip-data depends on python3:any; however:
Package lsb-release is not configured yet.
python3-distro depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data:
hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however:
Package python3-distro is not configured yet.
hplip-data depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package hplip-data (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-all:
python3-all depends on python3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
python3-all depends on python3-distutils (>= 3.10.6-1~); however:
Package python3-distutils is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-all (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
python3
systemd
Package lsb-release is not configured yet.
python3-distro depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data:
hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however:
Package python3-distro is not configured yet.
hplip-data depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
Package lsb-release is not configured yet.
python3-distro depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data:
hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however:
Package python3-distro is not configured yet.
hplip-data depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package hplip-data (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-all:
python3-all depends on python3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
python3-all depends on python3-distutils (>= 3.10.6-1~); however:
Package python3-distutils is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-all (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
python3
systemd
python3-wheel
python3-dev
python3-pip
lsb-release
python3-lib2to3
python3-pkg-resources
python3-distutils
python3-setuptools
python3-distro
hplip-data
python3-all
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The output is the same for sudo apt --fix-broken install. Some time ago, I updated the python symlinks in /usr/bin to point to python3.11 instead of python3.10. It seemed to work without issues, but maybe that can cause problems like this? I have since attempted to reinstall both versions which replaced the symlinks.
Here are the problematic packages from dpkg -l:
iF python3 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 ver>
iU python3-all 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 package depending on all supported Python 3 runtime versions
iU python3-dev 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 header files and a static library for Python (default)
iU python3-distro 1.7.0-1 all Linux OS platform information API
iU python3-distutils 3.10.6-1~22.04 all distutils package for Python 3.x
iU python3-lib2to3 3.10.6-1~22.04 all Interactive high-level object-oriented language (lib2to3)
ii python3-minimal 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 minimal subset of the Python language (default python3 version)
iU python3-pip 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 all Python package installer
iU python3-pkg-resources 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1 all Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg_resources
iU python3-setuptools 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1 all Python3 Distutils Enhancements
iU python3-wheel 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 all built-package format for Python
Additionally, systemd also shows up as "iF" for some reason. When I tried sudo dpkg --configure python3:
Setting up python3 (3.10.6-1~22.04) ...
running python rtupdate hooks for python3.10...
dpkg-query: package 'ibus-table' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of ibus-table
error running python rtupdate hook ibus-table
dpkg-query: package 'ibus' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of ibus
error running python rtupdate hook ibus
dpkg-query: package 'python3-uno' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of python3-uno
error running python rtupdate hook python3-uno
dpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer-common' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printer-common
error running python rtupdate hook system-config-printer-common
dpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main
pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package))
File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printer
error running python rtupdate hook system-config-printer
dpkg: error processing package python3 (--configure):
installed python3 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 4
Errors were encountered while processing:
python3
The output is similar for sudo dpkg --configure -a. I noticed "ibus-table" wasn't installed, so I tried that, resulting in a similar errors to the first output. I believe doing this also caused systemd to show as "iF" in the dpkg list.
I also tried forcefully removing with sudo dpkg --remove --force-depends python3 and reinstalling. Everything has resulted similar errors. I'm running versin 22.04.2.
EDIT: I think I was able to fix some of the packages by deleting /etc/resolv.conf and then running sudo apt --fix-broken install. The only package with dependency errors now is python3.
