package python-dateutil 2.4.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Xuan Hung]

ubuntu 16.04.03

command:

sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: python-dateutil 2.4.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-35.39~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 30 06:52:54 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-26 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: python-dateutil
Title: package python-dateutil 2.4.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

I just checked 16.04 and I can install matplotlib properly now.
Probably some newer Python3 was backported after this issue was opened

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

# apt install python-matplotlib
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  fontconfig fontconfig-config fonts-lyx libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libblas-common libblas3 libcairo2 libcups2 libdatrie1 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1
  libffi6 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgfortran3 libglib2.0-0 libgnutls30 libgraphite2-3 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libharfbuzz0b
  libhogweed4 libicu55 libidn11 libjbig0 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8 libjs-jquery libjs-jquery-ui libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblapack3 libnettle6 libp11-kit0 libpango-1.0-0
  libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpixman-1-0 libpng12-0 libpython-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libsqlite3-0 libssl1.0.0 libtasn1-6 libtcl8.6 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff5
  libtk8.6 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxrandr2
  libxrender1 libxss1 mime-support python python-cycler python-dateutil python-matplotlib-data python-minimal python-numpy python-pyparsing python-six python-tz python2.7 python2.7-minimal
  shared-mime-info ttf-bitstream-vera ucf x11-common
Suggested packages:
  cups-common gnutls-bin krb5-doc krb5-user librsvg2-common gvfs libjs-jquery-ui-docs tcl8.6 tk8.6 python-doc python-tk dvipng ffmpeg gir1.2-gtk-3.0 ghostscript inkscape ipython python-cairocffi
  python-configobj python-excelerator python-gobject python-gtk2 python-matplotlib-doc python-nose python-qt4 python-scipy python-sip python-tornado python-traits python-wxgtk3.0 texlive-extra-utils
  texlive-latex-extra ttf-staypuft gfortran python-dev python-numpy-dbg python-numpy-doc python2.7-doc binfmt-support
Recommended packages:
  dbus libglib2.0-data xdg-user-dirs hicolor-icon-theme libgtk2.0-bin javascript-common krb5-locales xml-core file python-glade2 python-imaging python-tk
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fontconfig fontconfig-config fonts-lyx libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libblas-common libblas3 libcairo2 libcups2 libdatrie1 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1
  libffi6 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgfortran3 libglib2.0-0 libgnutls30 libgraphite2-3 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libharfbuzz0b
  libhogweed4 libicu55 libidn11 libjbig0 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8 libjs-jquery libjs-jquery-ui libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblapack3 libnettle6 libp11-kit0 libpango-1.0-0
  libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpixman-1-0 libpng12-0 libpython-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libsqlite3-0 libssl1.0.0 libtasn1-6 libtcl8.6 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff5
  libtk8.6 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxrandr2
  libxrender1 libxss1 mime-support python python-cycler python-da...