You might use the genuine sources. Here are mine; what are yours ? when i see your output, i wonder how you have installed ubuntu bionic (as essential packages are requested for installation: apt, debconf, dpkg; they are always installed on normal system) ********** The following additional packages will be installed: adduser apt apt-utils bzip2 ca-certificates debconf debconf-i18n dpkg *********
oem@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-proposed universe restricted multiverse main ** Changed in: python3-defaults (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Tags added: bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python3-defaults in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762630 Title: Why does not python3 depend on dh-python? Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I get the following while trying to install python3 on Bionic. dpkg-query: package 'dh-python' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. What I can tell, every other Ubuntu release has this dependency but not Bionic. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3-defaults/+bug/1762630/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp