Cannot run python3 scripts any more
Tony Arnold
tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk
Tue Dec 12 22:50:47 UTC 2017
I've now re-installed my system, but apt is still suggesting to
autoremove the package 'python3-dbus.mainloop.qt'.
Does anyone know, or can tell me how to find out, if this package is
needed in Artful, or is this a dependency bug?
Regards,
Tony.
On Mon, 2017-12-11 at 22:10 +0000, Tony Arnold wrote:
> After today's updates, I did an apt autormove which tried to
> uninstall
> the package python3-dbus.mainloop.qt, which failed. Since then, I've
> tried to purge this packae, uninsytall it, re-install it and I get
> the
> following:
>
> $ sudo apt purge python3-dbus.mainloop.qt
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED
> python3-dbus.mainloop.qt*
> 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 65.5 kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> (Reading database ... 536635 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Removing python3-dbus.mainloop.qt (4.11.4+dfsg-2build2) ...
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> dpkg: error processing package python3-dbus.mainloop.qt (--remove):
> subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status
> 139
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 139
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> python3-dbus.mainloop.qt
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> And now many python3 programs fail with segmentation fault
> immediately,
> including commands such as pip3, for example.
>
> Anyone else seen this? Anyone have a clue where to start?
>
> All help gratefully received.
>
> Regards,
> Tony.
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