Public bug reported: The recent python-yaml update seems to have issues with python- pycentral.
$ sudo apt-get install python-yaml Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: python-yaml 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. Need to get 108kB of archives. After this operation, 545kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main python-yaml 3.09-3 [108kB] Fetched 108kB in 0s (871kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package python-yaml. (Reading database ... 24085 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking python-yaml (from .../python-yaml_3.09-3_i386.deb) ... pycentral: pycentral pkgremove: package python-yaml is not installed pycentral pkgremove: package python-yaml is not installed dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-yaml_3.09-3_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/python-yaml_3.09-3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: python-yaml (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.32-305.9-ec2 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-305-ec2 i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Jun 29 19:40:28 2010 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pyyaml ** Affects: pyyaml (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical Status: New ** Affects: pyyaml (Ubuntu Maverick) Importance: Critical Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick -- python-yaml 3.09-3 is not installable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/599921 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs