[Bug 1079836] [NEW] Python 2.7 fails to install after upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10

[Scott Kitterman]

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Remove the version you installed from source and try to work it out from 
there.  Any normal Ubuntu system will have python2.7 installed on it, so it 
sounds like you are having some kind of configuration issue with your local 
system.

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Title:
  Python 2.7 fails to install after upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10

Status in “python2.7” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After installing, I saw a bunch of errors about python 2.7.3 not being
  configured.  I typed

  sudo apt-get install python2.7

  which yields the following error followed by a long list of related
  errors (full list at http://pastebin.com/n15SNfuF):

  python2.7: can't open file '/usr/lib/python2.7/py_compile.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  dpkg: error processing python2.7 (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python:
   python depends on python2.7 (>= 2.7.3); however:
    Package python2.7 is not configured yet.

  I do have a version of python2.7.3 installed from source.  I tried
  redirecting PYTHONHOME to the library directory of that python but
  that didn't help.  Removing those libraries also fails to fix the
  problem.  Finally, I tried to download the package using apt-get
  download and to install from the resulting .deb file but got the same
  error.

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