First off, I am using Squeeze.
After updating recently, something happened with a package call (from python-support) to update-python-modules that didn't work, and now a bunch of packages are only half installed from unmet dependencies due to the unconfigured packages. I'm afraid the fix is beyond my knowledge, and google gives a bunch of closed bug reports with no solution. Here is what apt-get upgrade looks like now:
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$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
gnokii-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
13 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up python-support (1.0.2) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 437, in <module>
public_packages[package].install(need_postinstall)
File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 232, in __getitem__
self[name] = SharedFileList (path)
File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 146, in __init__
for line in file(path):
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory
dpkg: error processing python-support (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-reportbug:
python-reportbug depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-reportbug (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of reportbug:
reportbug depends on python-reportbug; however:
Package python-reportbug is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing reportbug (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtk2:
python-gtk2 depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gtk2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-glade2:
python-glade2 depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
python-glade2 depends on python-gtk2 (= 2.14.1-2); however:
Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-glade2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-mmkeys:
python-mmkeys depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
python-mmkeys depends on python-gtk2; however:
Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-mmkeys (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-feedparser:
python-feedparser depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-feedparser (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exaile:
exaile depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
exaile depends on python-gtk2; however:
Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
exaile depends on python-glade2; however:
Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
exaile depends on python-mmkeys; however:
Package python-mmkeys is not configured yet.
exaile depends on python-feedparser; however:
Package python-feedparser is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing exaile (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of system-config-printer:
system-config-printer depends on python-support (>= 0.7.1); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
system-config-printer depends on python-gtk2; however:
Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
system-config-printer depends on python-glade2; however:
Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing system-config-printer (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of serpentine:
serpentine depends on python-glade2 (>= 2.8.6-5); however:
Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing serpentine (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome:
gnome depends on system-config-printer (>= 1.0.0); however:
Package system-config-printer is not configured yet.
gnome depends on serpentine; however:
Package serpentine is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-ogg:
python-ogg depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-ogg (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of compizconfig-settings-manager:
compizconfig-settings-manager depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
Package python-support is not configured yet.
compizconfig-settings-manager depends on python-gtk2; however:
Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing compizconfig-settings-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
python-support
python-reportbug
reportbug
python-gtk2
python-glade2
python-mmkeys
python-feedparser
exaile
system-config-printer
serpentine
gnome
python-ogg
compizconfig-settings-manager
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)