Re: apt-listchanges error

From	Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: apt-listchanges error
Date	2017-05-27 00:30 +0200
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On 05/25/2017 04:38 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> A while ago, while updating my Debian testing system, I got the
> following error:
>
>
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Setting up apt-listchanges (3.10) ...
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
>   File "/tmp/tmp.kqhvU8IqOr.aptlc/debconf-helper.py", line 6, in <module>
>
>     import debconf
>
> ImportError: No module named 'debconf'
>
> dpkg: error processing package apt-listchanges (--configure):
>
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
>  apt-listchanges
>
>
>
> This error has persisted ever since. I am starting to have several
> strange things happen to my system - unable to move windows with mounse
> and unable to cut an paste from the monitor - that may or may not be
> caused by this error. I am not sure what the effect of the error would
> be nor do I know how to fix it. I found a bug report that  was similar
> but none of the suggested fixes fixed this one.
>
> Note: There is no  tmp.kqhvU8IqOr.aptlc/debconf-helper.py file on my
> system. Debconf is definitely installed.
>
> Any help will be sincerely appreciated.
>
> Gary R.
>
>
Thanks for the help. Turns out that my system was defaulting to the 
Anaconda python installation when I used bash. I removed the path to 
anaconda and it fixed the problem. It will be interesting to see what 
happens the next time I use Anaconda.

Gary R.

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apt-listchanges error Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> - 2017-05-26 01:40 +0200
  Re: apt-listchanges error Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 11:20 +0200
  Re: apt-listchanges error Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-05-26 11:20 +0200
  Re: apt-listchanges error Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> - 2017-05-26 22:00 +0200
    Re: apt-listchanges error Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-05-26 22:10 +0200
  Re: apt-listchanges error Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> - 2017-05-27 00:30 +0200

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