[Bug 64253] dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure)

[Wolf Halton]

Public bug reported:

This seems to be a dependency issue that a lot of people are talking
about in the forum but nobody is offering a solution to.  I was doing a
Dapper=>Edgy aptitude dist-upgrade.  Almost done, the final result of
ongoing 'aptitude dist-upgrades' returns the following dependency list.
The list was at 4 and now has gotten longer.

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root at l8:/home/wolf # aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done      
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gconf2 gconf2-common libgconf2-4 libgconf2-dev 
4 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 705kB of archives. After unpacking 483kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main gconf2 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [131kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main libgconf2-dev 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [264kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main libgconf2-4 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [228kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main gconf2-common 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 [82.7kB]
Fetched 705kB in 3s (201kB/s)       
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 305890 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gconf2 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../gconf2_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gconf2 ...
Preparing to replace libgconf2-dev 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../libgconf2-dev_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgconf2-dev ...
Preparing to replace libgconf2-4 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../libgconf2-4_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgconf2-4 ...
Preparing to replace gconf2-common 2.14.0-1ubuntu2 (using .../gconf2-common_2.16.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gconf2-common ...
Setting up python-gobject (2.12.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 281, in ?
    process(basedir,install_modules(py_installed))
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 154, in process
    func(basedir, dir, file)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 121, in install_modules_func
    raise "Trying to overwrite %s which is already provided by %s"%(os.path.join(dir,file),otherdir)
Trying to overwrite pygtk.py which is already provided by /usr/share/python-support/python-gtk
dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtk2:
 python-gtk2 depends on python-gobject (>= 2.12.1); however:
  Package python-gobject is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gtk2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-glade2:
 python-glade2 depends on python-gtk2 (= 2.10.3-0ubuntu3); however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-glade2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-gtk:
 apport-gtk depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
 apport-gtk depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport-gtk (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up gconf2-common (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up libgconf2-4 (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up gconf2 (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up libgconf2-dev (2.16.0-0ubuntu1) ...

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deskbar-applet:
 deskbar-applet depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
 deskbar-applet depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing deskbar-applet (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal-device-manager:
 hal-device-manager depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing hal-device-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector:
 language-selector depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
 language-selector depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of onboard:
 onboard depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing onboard (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
 ubuntu-desktop depends on apport-gtk; however:
  Package apport-gtk is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on deskbar-applet; however:
  Package deskbar-applet is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on hal-device-manager; however:
  Package hal-device-manager is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on language-selector; however:
  Package language-selector is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager:
 update-manager depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-gobject
 python-gtk2
 python-glade2
 apport-gtk
 deskbar-applet
 hal-device-manager
 language-selector
 onboard
 ubuntu-desktop
 update-manager
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up python-gobject (2.12.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 281, in ?
    process(basedir,install_modules(py_installed))
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 154, in process
    func(basedir, dir, file)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 121, in install_modules_func
    raise "Trying to overwrite %s which is already provided by %s"%(os.path.join(dir,file),otherdir)
Trying to overwrite pygtk.py which is already provided by /usr/share/python-support/python-gtk
dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtk2:
 python-gtk2 depends on python-gobject (>= 2.12.1); however:
  Package python-gobject is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gtk2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of onboard:
 onboard depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing onboard (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector:
 language-selector depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-gtk:
 apport-gtk depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport-gtk (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-glade2:
 python-glade2 depends on python-gtk2 (= 2.10.3-0ubuntu3); however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-glade2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deskbar-applet:
 deskbar-applet depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
 deskbar-applet depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing deskbar-applet (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
 ubuntu-desktop depends on apport-gtk; however:
  Package apport-gtk is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on deskbar-applet; however:
  Package deskbar-applet is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on language-selector; however:
  Package language-selector is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal-device-manager:
 hal-device-manager depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing hal-device-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager:
 update-manager depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-gobject
 python-gtk2
 onboard
 language-selector
 apport-gtk
 python-glade2
 deskbar-applet
 ubuntu-desktop
 hal-device-manager
 update-manager
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** Affects: dpkg (upstream)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Rejected
** Affects: pygobject (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
         Status: Needs Info

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dpkg: error processing python-gobject (--configure)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/64253