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Installed self-compiled Python 3.7.0 as “python”, how to remove it?
How do I get the history of “apt-get install” on Ubuntu?How do I get Apache to run Python 2.7 rather than 2.5?dpkg error installing on Ubuntu 10.04ubuntu server: SSH banner telling to update packages but nothing to updateHow to tell apt-get to ignore unmet dependencies forever?bzr not installing against newer python installed on debianInstalling mod_wsgi with python 2.7 on ubuntuUnable to install python2.7-dev due to unmet dependencies Ubuntu 12.04How to create Python (2.7.3) RPM package?How do I ignore unmet dependencies while using apt-get remove?
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I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.
I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.
However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.
Now, I have the following package installed:
$ sudo dpkg -l python
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2
This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:
$ sudo dpkg -r python
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba-common-bin depends on python.
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
py
dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
python
And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:
$ sudo apt install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Running that scares me, so I chose no:
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Is there any way to recover from this?
Thanks in advance!
ubuntu python apt dependencies dpkg
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I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.
I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.
However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.
Now, I have the following package installed:
$ sudo dpkg -l python
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2
This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:
$ sudo dpkg -r python
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba-common-bin depends on python.
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
py
dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
python
And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:
$ sudo apt install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Running that scares me, so I chose no:
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Is there any way to recover from this?
Thanks in advance!
ubuntu python apt dependencies dpkg
asked yesterday
Andy CastilleAndy Castille
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sudo apt-get dist-upgradewould be my first choice.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Thanks for the suggestion, but it wants to do the same thing asapt-get -f install
– Andy Castille
yesterday
It wanted to remove exactly the same set of packages? That doesn't make sense. Can you copy and paste the output you saw?
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Sure thing: pastebin.com/HNvAuGWc
– Andy Castille
yesterday
That's very different output, and it should also be in your question.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
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I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.
I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.
However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.
Now, I have the following package installed:
$ sudo dpkg -l python
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2
This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:
$ sudo dpkg -r python
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba-common-bin depends on python.
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
py
dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
python
And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:
$ sudo apt install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Running that scares me, so I chose no:
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Is there any way to recover from this?
Thanks in advance!
ubuntu python apt dependencies dpkg
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Andy CastilleAndy Castille
1033
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I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.
I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.
However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.
Now, I have the following package installed:
$ sudo dpkg -l python
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2
This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:
$ sudo dpkg -r python
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba-common-bin depends on python.
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
py
dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
python
And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:
$ sudo apt install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Running that scares me, so I chose no:
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Is there any way to recover from this?
Thanks in advance!
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sudo apt-get dist-upgradewould be my first choice.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Thanks for the suggestion, but it wants to do the same thing asapt-get -f install
– Andy Castille
yesterday
It wanted to remove exactly the same set of packages? That doesn't make sense. Can you copy and paste the output you saw?
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Sure thing: pastebin.com/HNvAuGWc
– Andy Castille
yesterday
That's very different output, and it should also be in your question.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
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sudo apt-get dist-upgradewould be my first choice.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Thanks for the suggestion, but it wants to do the same thing asapt-get -f install
– Andy Castille
yesterday
It wanted to remove exactly the same set of packages? That doesn't make sense. Can you copy and paste the output you saw?
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Sure thing: pastebin.com/HNvAuGWc
– Andy Castille
yesterday
That's very different output, and it should also be in your question.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade would be my first choice.– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade would be my first choice.– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Thanks for the suggestion, but it wants to do the same thing as
apt-get -f install– Andy Castille
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Thanks for the suggestion, but it wants to do the same thing as
apt-get -f install– Andy Castille
yesterday
It wanted to remove exactly the same set of packages? That doesn't make sense. Can you copy and paste the output you saw?
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
It wanted to remove exactly the same set of packages? That doesn't make sense. Can you copy and paste the output you saw?
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Sure thing: pastebin.com/HNvAuGWc
– Andy Castille
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Sure thing: pastebin.com/HNvAuGWc
– Andy Castille
yesterday
That's very different output, and it should also be in your question.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
That's very different output, and it should also be in your question.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
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Normally an apt-get dist-upgrade will sort this out, by replacing packages with those in the actual apt sources you have enabled, but it doesn't seem to have done so this time on your system.
It looks like you're going to find a way need to reinstall the original Python package.
Fortunately you can do this by specifying the package version you want.
But first you have to figure out what that version is. For that, use apt policy. You should see something similar to this:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt policy python
python:
Installed: 3.7.0-1
Candidate: 2.7.12-1~16.04
Version table:
*** 2.7.12-1~16.04 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.7.11-1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Now that you have its version number, you can install it specifically:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt install python=2.7.12-1~16.04
(Don't use -f here, even if prompted.)
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Normally an apt-get dist-upgrade will sort this out, by replacing packages with those in the actual apt sources you have enabled, but it doesn't seem to have done so this time on your system.
It looks like you're going to find a way need to reinstall the original Python package.
Fortunately you can do this by specifying the package version you want.
But first you have to figure out what that version is. For that, use apt policy. You should see something similar to this:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt policy python
python:
Installed: 3.7.0-1
Candidate: 2.7.12-1~16.04
Version table:
*** 2.7.12-1~16.04 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.7.11-1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Now that you have its version number, you can install it specifically:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt install python=2.7.12-1~16.04
(Don't use -f here, even if prompted.)
answered yesterday
Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton
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This worked perfectly! Thank you for an easy solution :)
– Andy Castille
yesterday
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1
Normally an apt-get dist-upgrade will sort this out, by replacing packages with those in the actual apt sources you have enabled, but it doesn't seem to have done so this time on your system.
It looks like you're going to find a way need to reinstall the original Python package.
Fortunately you can do this by specifying the package version you want.
But first you have to figure out what that version is. For that, use apt policy. You should see something similar to this:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt policy python
python:
Installed: 3.7.0-1
Candidate: 2.7.12-1~16.04
Version table:
*** 2.7.12-1~16.04 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.7.11-1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Now that you have its version number, you can install it specifically:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt install python=2.7.12-1~16.04
(Don't use -f here, even if prompted.)
answered yesterday
Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton
174k27319643
This worked perfectly! Thank you for an easy solution :)
– Andy Castille
yesterday
add a comment |
1
1
1
Normally an apt-get dist-upgrade will sort this out, by replacing packages with those in the actual apt sources you have enabled, but it doesn't seem to have done so this time on your system.
It looks like you're going to find a way need to reinstall the original Python package.
Fortunately you can do this by specifying the package version you want.
But first you have to figure out what that version is. For that, use apt policy. You should see something similar to this:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt policy python
python:
Installed: 3.7.0-1
Candidate: 2.7.12-1~16.04
Version table:
*** 2.7.12-1~16.04 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.7.11-1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Now that you have its version number, you can install it specifically:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt install python=2.7.12-1~16.04
(Don't use -f here, even if prompted.)
answered yesterday
Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton
174k27319643
Normally an apt-get dist-upgrade will sort this out, by replacing packages with those in the actual apt sources you have enabled, but it doesn't seem to have done so this time on your system.
It looks like you're going to find a way need to reinstall the original Python package.
Fortunately you can do this by specifying the package version you want.
But first you have to figure out what that version is. For that, use apt policy. You should see something similar to this:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt policy python
python:
Installed: 3.7.0-1
Candidate: 2.7.12-1~16.04
Version table:
*** 2.7.12-1~16.04 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.7.11-1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Now that you have its version number, you can install it specifically:
error@vmtest-ubuntu1604:~$ sudo apt install python=2.7.12-1~16.04
(Don't use -f here, even if prompted.)
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This worked perfectly! Thank you for an easy solution :)
– Andy Castille
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This worked perfectly! Thank you for an easy solution :)
– Andy Castille
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This worked perfectly! Thank you for an easy solution :)
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sudo apt-get dist-upgradewould be my first choice.– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Thanks for the suggestion, but it wants to do the same thing as
apt-get -f install– Andy Castille
yesterday
It wanted to remove exactly the same set of packages? That doesn't make sense. Can you copy and paste the output you saw?
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday
@MichaelHampton Sure thing: pastebin.com/HNvAuGWc
– Andy Castille
yesterday
That's very different output, and it should also be in your question.
– Michael Hampton♦
yesterday