Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357757 Title: package software-center 13.10-0ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Status in software-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: shahrouz@shahrouz-Precision-M6400:~/.config$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/325 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y dpkg: error processing package software-center (--configure): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration Errors were encountered while processing: software-center E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) shahrouz@shahrouz-Precision-M6400:~/.config$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall software-center Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/325 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 211607 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../software-center_13.10-0ubuntu4.1_all.deb ... File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63 except (IOError, OSError), e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... File "/usr/bin/pyclean", line 63 except (IOError, OSError), e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/software-center_13.10-0ubuntu4.1_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module> from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \ File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module> from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/software-center_13.10-0ubuntu4.1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: software-center 13.10-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 AptOrdering: software-center: Install software-center: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Aug 16 19:39:32 2014 DuplicateSignature: package:software-center:13.10-0ubuntu4.1:subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-15 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center Title: package software-center 13.10-0ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Temporary workaround. Ubuntu 14.04 apt-get install has dependencies to Python 2.7 For me this issue has occurred aster I have tried to use Python 3 as default and going back to python 2.7 fixed the issue. sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1357757/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp