sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Juan Pablo Moreno Muñoz]

I tried to install python-pip package and got the following log error:

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 al procesar el paquete python-pip (--configure):
 el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 1
Configurando python-setuptools (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 al procesar el paquete python-setuptools (--configure):
 el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 1
Configurando 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 al procesar el paquete python-wheel (--configure):
 el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 1
Procesando disparadores para libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
 python-pip
 python-setuptools
 python-wheel
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I'm working on Ubuntu 16.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: python-pip 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 2 14:30:07 2017
ErrorMessage: el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-20 (43 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: python-pip
Title: package python-pip 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

that very much smells like you changed your python symlink pointing to python3. don't do that.