package python-dbus 1.2.0-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Adnan Iftekhar]

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  python python-gobject python-pyodbc python2.7
Suggested packages:
  python-doc python-tk python2.7-doc
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  python python-gobject python-pyodbc python2.7
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Setting up python-dbus (1.2.0-3) ...
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 processing package python-dbus (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up python-gobject-2 (2.28.6-12ubuntu1) ...
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 processing package python-gobject-2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up python-gi (3.20.0-0ubuntu1) ...
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 processing package python-gi (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gobject:
 python-gobject depends on python-gi (>= 3.20.0-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package python-gi is not configured yet.
 python-gobject depends on python-gobject-2; however:
  Package python-gobject-2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-gobject (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-cairo (1.8.8-2) ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              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 processing package python-cairo (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtk2:
 python-gtk2 depends on python-cairo (>= 1.0.2-1.1); however:
  Package python-cairo is not configured yet.
 python-gtk2 depends on python-gobject-2 (>= 2.21.3); however:
  Package python-gobject-2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-gtk2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-libxml2 (2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2) ...
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 processing package python-libxml2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of font-manager:
 font-manager depends on python-dbus; however:
  Package python-dbus is not configured yet.
 font-manager depends on python-gobject; however:
  Package python-gobject is not configured yet.
 font-manager depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
 font-manager depends on python-libxml2; however:
  Package python-libxml2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package font-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                            dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gimp:
 gimp depends on python-gtk2 (>= 2.8.0); however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package gimp (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libglib2.0-dev (2.48.2-0ubuntu1) ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              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 processing package libglib2.0-dev (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-mysql.connector (2.0.4-1) ...
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 processing package python-mysql.connector (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-utilities:
 mysql-utilities depends on python-mysql.connector (>= 1.2.1); however:
  Package python-mysql.connector is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mysql-utilities (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-crypto (2.6.1-6ubuntu0.16.04.2) ...
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 processing package python-crypto (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-six (1.10.0-3) ...
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 processing package python-six (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-ecdsa:
 python-ecdsa depends on python-six (>= 1.2); however:
  Package python-six is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-ecdsa (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-paramiko:
 python-paramiko depends on python-crypto (>= 2.1.0-2); however:
  Package python-crypto is not configured yet.
 python-paramiko depends on python-ecdsa; however:
  Package python-ecdsa is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-paramiko (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-ptyprocess (0.5-1) ...
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 processing package python-ptyprocess (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-pexpect:
 python-pexpect depends on python-ptyprocess; however:
  Package python-ptyprocess is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-pexpect (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-pyodbc (3.0.7-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up python-pysqlite2 (2.7.0-1) ...
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 processing package python-pysqlite2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-workbench:
 mysql-workbench depends on python-mysql.connector; however:
  Package python-mysql.connector is not configured yet.
 mysql-workbench depends on python-paramiko; however:
  Package python-paramiko is not configured yet.
 mysql-workbench depends on python-pexpect; however:
  Package python-pexpect is not configured yet.
 mysql-workbench depends on python-pysqlite2; however:
  Package python-pysqlite2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mysql-workbench (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-appindicator:
 python-appindicator depends on python-gobject; however:
  Package python-gobject is not configured yet.

No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                            dpkg: error processing package python-appindicator (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-apt (1.1.0~beta1build1) ...
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 processing package python-apt (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-dnspython (1.12.0-1) ...
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 processing package python-dnspython (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-ldb (2:1.1.24-1ubuntu3) ...
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 processing package python-ldb (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-pip (8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4) ...
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 processing package python-pip (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-pkg-resources (20.7.0-1) ...
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 processing package python-pkg-resources (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-scour:
 python-scour depends on python-six (>= 1.9.0); however:
  Package python-six is not configured yet.
 python-scour depends on python-pkg-resources; however:
  Package python-pkg-resources is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-scour (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-setuptools:
 python-setuptools depends on python-pkg-resources (= 20.7.0-1); however:
  Package python-pkg-resources is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-setuptools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                            Setting up python-sip (4.17+dfsg-1build1) ...
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 processing package python-sip (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-tdb (1.3.8-2) ...
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 processing package python-tdb (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-wheel (0.29.0-1) ...
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 processing package python-wheel (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qtiplot:
 qtiplot depends on sip-api-11.2; however:
  Package sip-api-11.2 is not installed.
  Package python-sip which provides sip-api-11.2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package qtiplot (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-dbus
 python-gobject-2
 python-gi
 python-gobject
 python-cairo
 python-gtk2
 python-libxml2
 font-manager
 gimp
 libglib2.0-dev
 python-mysql.connector
 mysql-utilities
 python-crypto
 python-six
 python-ecdsa
 python-paramiko
 python-ptyprocess
 python-pexpect
 python-pysqlite2
 mysql-workbench
 python-appindicator
 python-apt
 python-dnspython
 python-ldb
 python-pip
 python-pkg-resources
 python-scour
 python-setuptools
 python-sip
 python-tdb
 python-wheel
 qtiplot
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: python-dbus 1.2.0-3
Uname: Linux 4.10.4 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 30 12:47:40 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-02 (148 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: dbus-python
Title: package python-dbus 1.2.0-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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