Public bug reported: This seems to be a dependency issue that a lot of people are talking about in the forum but nobody is offering a solution to. I was doing a Dapper=>Edgy aptitude dist-upgrade. Almost done, the final result of ongoing 'aptitude dist-upgrades' returns the following dependency list. The list was at 4 and now has gotten longer.
==================== [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/wolf # aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages will be upgraded: gconf2 gconf2-common libgconf2-4 libgconf2-dev 4 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 705kB of archives. After unpacking 483kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main gconf2 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [131kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main libgconf2-dev 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [264kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main libgconf2-4 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [228kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main gconf2-common 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [82.7kB] Fetched 705kB in 3s (201kB/s) Reading changelogs... Done (Reading database ... 305890 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace gconf2 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../gconf2_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gconf2 ... Preparing to replace libgconf2-dev 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../libgconf2-dev_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libgconf2-dev ... Preparing to replace libgconf2-4 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../libgconf2-4_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libgconf2-4 ... Preparing to replace gconf2-common 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../gconf2-common_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gconf2-common ... Setting up python-gobject (2.12.2-0ubuntu1) ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 281, in ? process(basedir,install_modules(py_installed)) File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 154, in process func(basedir, dir, file) File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 121, in install_modules_func raise "Trying to overwrite %s which is already provided by %s"%(os.path.join(dir,file),otherdir) Trying to overwrite pygtk.py which is already provided by /usr/share/python-support/python-gtk dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtk2: python-gtk2 depends on python-gobject (>= 2.12.1); however: Package python-gobject 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-gtk2 (= 2.10.3-0ubuntu3); however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-glade2 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-gtk: apport-gtk depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. apport-gtk depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing apport-gtk (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up gconf2-common (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up libgconf2-4 (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up gconf2 (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up libgconf2-dev (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deskbar-applet: deskbar-applet depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. deskbar-applet depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing deskbar-applet (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal-device-manager: hal-device-manager depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hal-device-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector: language-selector depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. language-selector depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of onboard: onboard depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing onboard (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop: ubuntu-desktop depends on apport-gtk; however: Package apport-gtk is not configured yet. ubuntu-desktop depends on deskbar-applet; however: Package deskbar-applet is not configured yet. ubuntu-desktop depends on hal-device-manager; however: Package hal-device-manager is not configured yet. ubuntu-desktop depends on language-selector; however: Package language-selector is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager: update-manager depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: python-gobject python-gtk2 python-glade2 apport-gtk deskbar-applet hal-device-manager language-selector onboard ubuntu-desktop update-manager E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up python-gobject (2.12.2-0ubuntu1) ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 281, in ? process(basedir,install_modules(py_installed)) File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 154, in process func(basedir, dir, file) File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 121, in install_modules_func raise "Trying to overwrite %s which is already provided by %s"%(os.path.join(dir,file),otherdir) Trying to overwrite pygtk.py which is already provided by /usr/share/python-support/python-gtk dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtk2: python-gtk2 depends on python-gobject (>= 2.12.1); however: Package python-gobject is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gtk2 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of onboard: onboard depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing onboard (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector: language-selector depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-gtk: apport-gtk depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing apport-gtk (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-glade2: python-glade2 depends on python-gtk2 (= 2.10.3-0ubuntu3); however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-glade2 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deskbar-applet: deskbar-applet depends on python-gtk2; however: Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet. deskbar-applet depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing deskbar-applet (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop: ubuntu-desktop depends on apport-gtk; however: Package apport-gtk is not configured yet. ubuntu-desktop depends on deskbar-applet; however: Package deskbar-applet is not configured yet. ubuntu-desktop depends on language-selector; however: Package language-selector is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal-device-manager: hal-device-manager depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hal-device-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager: update-manager depends on python-glade2; however: Package python-glade2 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: python-gobject python-gtk2 onboard language-selector apport-gtk python-glade2 deskbar-applet ubuntu-desktop hal-device-manager update-manager ================== ** Affects: dpkg (upstream) Importance: Undecided Status: Rejected ** Affects: pygobject (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Needs Info -- dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure) https://launchpad.net/bugs/64253 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
