I have python functioning, but some commands still cause seg faults. I can do useful work without those commands, so this has become a matter of clean-up rather than an emergency.
I should point out, if it is not already obvious, that I am a neophyte at this. The response from the apt-get command consists of 47 lines. Below is a snippet. Shall I cram all 47 lines in here? parents@R2D4:~$ sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy libblas-dev liblapack-dev gfortran [sudo] password for parents: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done python-numpy is already the newest version. python-numpy set to manually installed. The following packages were automatica... ... Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe python-scipy amd64 0.9.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2 [7,300 kB] Fetched 50.4 MB in 10min 29s (80.1 kB/s) dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 59538 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string '3.0.12-54655_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 59539 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Config-Version string '3.0.12-54655_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 61291 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string '3.0.12-54655_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number Selecting previously unselected package gfortran-4.6. (Reading database ... 1224879 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking gfortran-4.6 (from .../gfortran-4.6_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ... ... Setting up python-scipy (0.9.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2) ... dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 59725 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Version string '3.0.12-54655_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 59726 package 'virtualbox-3.0': error in Config-Version string '3.0.12-54655_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number I do not know why virtual box appears in this listing. I have not tested to see if it has been affected. Thanks, -Denis On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Patrick "Finn" Robins <[email protected]>wrote: > Could we see the generated text. A link to it would be useful to diagnose. > On Jan 20, 2014 1:08 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have been trying to learn Python. In ubuntu 12.04, using the default > > python install I felt I was missing some modules. I followed some > apt-get > > instructions on the web. But that generated many errors. So I thought I > > would go back and start over by uninstalling all Python stuff. Then I > got > > the message "If you uninstall python future updates will not include new > > items in Minimal core of Ubuntu set. Are you sure you want to continue?" > > It looks like many routines use the standard python installation. In > the > > window under the message is a listing of perhaps 200 routines. > > > > How might I clean this up? I saved the text generated by the apt-get > > install I performed, but I do not know what it all means. > > > > Help! > > > > -Denis > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
