package libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 1.0.7+16.10.20160921-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Morten Falbe Hansen]

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
Setting up click-apparmor (0.3.17) ...
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-apparmor (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up url-dispatcher:amd64 (0.1+16.10.20160816.1-0ubuntu1) ...
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 url-dispatcher:amd64 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-app-launch:
 ubuntu-app-launch depends on click-apparmor; however:
  Package click-apparmor is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-app-launch (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-system-settings:
 ubuntu-system-settings depends on click | ubuntu-snappy-cli; however:
  Package click is not configured yet.
  Package ubuntu-snappy-cli is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-system-settings (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of url-dispatcher-tools:
 url-dispatcher-tools depends on url-dispatcher (= 0.1+16.10.20160816.1-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package url-dispatcher:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package url-dispatcher-tools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configurationNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
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                                                                                                of ubuntu-app-launch-tools:
 ubuntu-app-launch-tools depends on ubuntu-app-launch (= 0.9+16.10.20160928-0ubuntu1); however:
  Package ubuntu-app-launch is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-app-launch-tools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 (1.0.7+16.10.20160921-0ubuntu2) ...
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 libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 (--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 ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts:
 ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts depends on ubuntu-system-settings; however:
  Package ubuntu-system-settings is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity8:
 unity8 depends on ubuntu-system-settings (>= 0.4); however:
  Package ubuntu-system-settings is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package unity8 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of account-plugin-ubuntuone:
 account-plugin-ubuntuone depends on ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts; however:
  Package ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package account-plugin-ubuntuone (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity-plugin-scopes:amd64:
 unity-plugin-scopes:amd64 depends on libunity-scopes1.0; however:
  Package libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 is not configured yet.

No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
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                                                                                      dpkg: error processing package unity-plugin-scopes:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity-greeter-session-broadcast:
 unity-greeter-session-broadcast depends on url-dispatcher-tools; however:
  Package url-dispatcher-tools is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package unity-greeter-session-broadcast (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity8-desktop-session:
 unity8-desktop-session depends on ubuntu-app-launch; however:
  Package ubuntu-app-launch is not configured yet.
 unity8-desktop-session depends on unity8; however:
  Package unity8 is not configured yet.
 unity8-desktop-session depends on url-dispatcher; however:
  Package url-dispatcher:amd64 is not configured yet.

No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: error processing package unity8-desktop-session (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-push-client:
 ubuntu-push-client depends on url-dispatcher; however:
  Package url-dispatcher:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-push-client (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity-scope-click:
 unity-scope-click depends on account-plugin-ubuntuone; however:
  Package account-plugin-ubuntuone is not configured yet.
 unity-scope-click depends on ubuntu-app-launch-tools; however:
  Package ubuntu-app-launch-tools is not configured yet.
 unity-scope-click depends on libunity-scopes1.0; however:
  Package libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package unity-scope-click (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pay-service:
 pay-service depends on ubuntu-push-client (>= 0.68+15.04.20151009); however:
  Package ubuntu-push-client is not configured yet.

No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
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                        dpkg: error processing package pay-service (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity8-common:
 unity8-common depends on unity-plugin-scopes | unity-scopes-impl; however:
  Package unity-plugin-scopes:amd64 is not configured yet.
  Package unity-scopes-impl is not installed.
  Package unity-plugin-scopes:amd64 which provides unity-scopes-impl is not configured yet.
 unity8-common depends on unity-scopes-impl-12; however:
  Package unity-scopes-impl-12 is not installed.
  Package unity-plugin-scopes:amd64 which provides unity-scopes-impl-12 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package unity8-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity8-private:amd64:
 unity8-private:amd64 depends on pay-service; however:
  Package pay-service is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package unity8-private:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-3ubuntu1) ...

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
 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: libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 1.0.7+16.10.20160921-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 19 12:38:31 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libunity-scopes1.0:amd64:1.0.7+16.10.20160921-0ubuntu2
 Setting up libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 (1.0.7+16.10.20160921-0ubuntu2) ...
 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 libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 (--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 2016-10-11 (38 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: unity-scopes-api
Title: package libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 1.0.7+16.10.20160921-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-19 (0 days ago)

[Paweł Stołowski (stolowski)]

See the first error reported by apt-get:

"Cannot start click due to a conflict with a different locally-installed Python 'click' package. Remove it using Python packaging tools and try again."

It seems there is a conflict between a locally installed 'click' python package and the click machinery in the system, causing click hooks to fail during the installation of libunity-scopes deb package. Please remove the locally installed 'click'.

[Jonathan (desertshadow)]

After doing `sudo -H pip3 uninstall click`
I still get errors, but now they say click is missing. So I do

`sudo apt install unity-scope-click`
and then I get errors saying libunity-scopes1.0:amd64 needs configuring.

Help, i'm in a loop