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From: John Torrance <jtorrance(a)slingshot.co.nz>
Date: 27 November 2010 23:49
Subject: help please
To: wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz
 I sent this request for help but it was bounced for some reason. I
have been unable to update my ubuntu - when using the command line, I
get the following errors.
Could someone help me please
Cheers
John
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 61945 package 'flyback':
 error in Version string '0.6.1_r111-1': invalid character in version number
Setting up python-wxgtk2.8 (2.8.11.0-0ubuntu4) ...
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_controls.py
...
SyntaxError: ("keyword can't be an expression",
('/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_controls.py',
5089, None, 'Data = property(GetData,SetData<doc="See `GetData` and
`SetData`") \n'))
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (429)
pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (429)
dpkg: error processing python-wxgtk2.8 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-wxversion:
 python-wxversion depends on python-wxgtk2.8 (>= 2.8.6.1-0ubuntu2) |
python-wxgtk2.6 (>= 2.6.3.2.2-1ubuntu2); however:
 Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not configured yet.
 Package python-wxgtk2.6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing python-wxversion (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a
followup error from a previous failure.
             dpkg: dependency problems prevent
configuration of python-wxtools:
 python-wxtools depends on python-wxgtk2.8; however:
 Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-wxtools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a
followup error from a previous failure.
             dpkg: dependency problems prevent
configuration of python-wxgtk2.8-dbg:
 python-wxgtk2.8-dbg depends on python-wxgtk2.8 (= 2.8.11.0-0ubuntu4); however:
 Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-wxgtk2.8-dbg (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                               Errors
were encountered while processing:
 python-wxgtk2.8
 python-wxversion
 python-wxtools
 python-wxgtk2.8-dbg
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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