package click-apparmor 0.3.17 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Rob Moore]

This occurred as part of an upgrade to 16.10.

It was part of a number of failed upgrades:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 click
 click-apparmor
 url-dispatcher:amd64
 ubuntu-app-launch
 ubuntu-system-settings
 url-dispatcher-tools
 ubuntu-app-launch-tools
 libunity-scopes1.0:amd64
 ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts
 unity8
 account-plugin-ubuntuone
 unity-plugin-scopes:amd64
 unity-greeter-session-broadcast
 unity8-desktop-session
 ubuntu-push-client
 unity-scope-click
 account-plugin-facebook
 pay-service
 unity8-common
 unity8-private:amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: click-apparmor 0.3.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
AptOrdering:
 ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk:amd64: Install
 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:amd64: Install
 python3-distupgrade:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 13 20:54:48 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:click-apparmor:0.3.17
 Setting up click (0.4.45.1+16.10.20160916-0ubuntu1) ...
 Cannot start click due to a conflict with a different locally-installed Python 'click' package. Remove it using Python packaging tools and try again.
 dpkg: error processing package click (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-10 (186 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: click-apparmor
Title: package click-apparmor 0.3.17 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-14 (0 days ago)

[Jeff-stafford (jeff-stafford)]

This is caused by having a conflicting Python package "click". To fix:

sudo pip3 uninstall click
sudo apt install -f

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.