SyntaxError: invalid syntax while setting up package
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-codec-install (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-codec-install
This is on maverick alpha 1, while upgrading from lucid final:
Setting up gnome-codec-install (0.4.5ubuntu2) ...
Compiling /usr/lib/
File "/usr/lib/
trans = yield self.client.
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (8)
pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (8)
dpkg: error processing gnome-codec-install (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-codec-install 0.4.5ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 4 17:39:39 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-codec-install
It seems that I too cannot complete the install of 10.10 from 10.04. It failed initially and now when I try to fix it:
paul@infinity:~$ sudo apt-get install -f python2. 4/site- packages/ GnomeCodecInsta ll/PackageWorke r.py ... python2. 4/site- packages/ GnomeCodecInsta ll/PackageWorke r.py", line 48 commit_ packages(
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 152 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up gnome-codec-install (0.4.5ubuntu2) ...
Compiling /usr/lib/
File "/usr/lib/
trans = yield self.client.
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (8) codec-install
pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (8)
dpkg: error processing gnome-codec-install (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I don't know enough about Python to suggest what the error might be. I've subscribed to this bug.
Paul.