It looks as though apt on this machine is somewhat corrupted.
I am trying to get rid of the blender package; I don't use it and it is
preventing upgrades in its present state. It's defying all attempts to
get rid of it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get remove blender
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
blender
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 437 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 16.8MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing blender (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
blender
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$
So we try:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall
blender
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
yafray
The following packages will be upgraded:
blender
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 437 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/6354kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 260973 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace blender 2.42a-6
(using .../blender_2.42a-7_amd64.deb) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1373, in ?
main()
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1367, in main
rv = action.run(global_options)
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 943, in run
runtimes = get_installed_runtimes(with_unsupported=True)
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 196, in get_installed_runtimes
supported = pyversions.supported_versions()
File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 98, in
supported_versions
value = read_default('supported-versions')
File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 22, in
read_default
value = config.get('DEFAULT', name)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'config' referenced before assignment
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1373, in ?
main()
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1367, in main
rv = action.run(global_options)
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 943, in run
runtimes = get_installed_runtimes(with_unsupported=True)
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 196, in get_installed_runtimes
supported = pyversions.supported_versions()
File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 98, in
supported_versions
value = read_default('supported-versions')
File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 22, in
read_default
value = config.get('DEFAULT', name)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'config' referenced before assignment
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/blender_2.42a-7_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1373, in ?
main()
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1367, in main
rv = action.run(global_options)
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 865, in run
runtimes = get_installed_runtimes()
File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 196, in get_installed_runtimes
supported = pyversions.supported_versions()
File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 98, in
supported_versions
value = read_default('supported-versions')
File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 22, in
read_default
value = config.get('DEFAULT', name)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'config' referenced before assignment
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/blender_2.42a-7_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any clues on how I can fix this?
It's Debian Sid AMD64.
TIA,
--
David
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