Public bug reported:
I've clean installed Ubuntu-server 15/vivid
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
Release: 15.04
uname -rm
3.19.0-9-generic x86_64
python & python3 are installed
python --version
Python 2.7.9
python3 --version
Python 3.4.3
exec of any apt-get command attempting to update a python3* pkg fails
with:
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale
encoding
we've now replicated the problem on two other similarly, recently
installed systems.
for example
apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
python3-apport python3-problem-report
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/85.9 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be
used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 64135 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to unpack
.../python3-problem-report_2.16.2-0ubuntu4_all.deb ...
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale
encoding
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
raise CodecRegistryError,\
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Aborted
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error
exit status 134
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale
encoding
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
raise CodecRegistryError,\
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Aborted
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/python3-problem-report_2.16.2-0ubuntu4_all.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status
134
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale
encoding
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
raise CodecRegistryError,\
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Aborted
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
exit status 134
Preparing to unpack .../python3-apport_2.16.2-0ubuntu4_all.deb
...
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale
encoding
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
raise CodecRegistryError,\
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Aborted
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error
exit status 134
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale
encoding
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
raise CodecRegistryError,\
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Aborted
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/python3-apport_2.16.2-0ubuntu4_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status
134
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale
encoding
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
raise CodecRegistryError,\
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Aborted
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
exit status 134
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/python3-problem-report_2.16.2-0ubuntu4_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python3-apport_2.16.2-0ubuntu4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
not sure if this is a python3 problem, apt-get/dpkg, or other. i
suspect python3, atm.
dpkg --list python3
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
+++-==============================================-============================-============================-==================================================================================================
ii python3 3.4.3-1
amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented
language (default python3 version)
apt-cache policy python3
python3:
Installed: 3.4.3-1
Candidate: 3.4.3-1
Version table:
*** 3.4.3-1 0
900 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding"
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