I run into trouble with Ubuntu 18.04 while trying to install a hp printer/scanner driver hplip. Now I cannot install any package, not even python3
$ sudo apt install python3
[sudo] password for muhd:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python3 is already the newest version (3.6.7-1~18.04).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
11 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
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Setting up python3-pil:amd64 (5.1.0-1ubuntu0.5) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-pil:amd64.postinst: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-pil:amd64.postinst: py3compile: not found
dpkg: error processing package python3-pil:amd64 (--configure):
installed python3-pil:amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
Setting up python3-olefile (0.45.1-1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-olefile.postinst: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-olefile.postinst: py3compile: not found
dpkg: error processing package python3-olefile (--configure):
installed python3-olefile package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-reportlab:
python3-reportlab depends on python3-pil; however:
Package python3-pil:amd64 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-reportlab (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python3-notify2 (0.3-3) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-notify2.postinst: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-notify2.postinst: py3compile: not found
dpkg: error processing package python3-notify2 (--configure):
installed python3-notify2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
Setting up python3-sip (4.19.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-sip.postinst: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-sip.postinst: py3compile: not found
dpkg: error processing package python3-sip (--configure):
installed python3-sip package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
Setting up python3-ptyprocess (0.5.2-1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-ptyprocess.postinst: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/python3-ptyprocess.postinst: py3compile: not found
dpkg: error processing package python3-ptyprocess (--configure):
installed python3-ptyprocess package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip:
hplip depends on python3-pil; however:
Package python3-pil:amd64 is not configured yet.
hplip depends on python3-reportlab; however:
Package python3-reportlab is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package hplip (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of printer-driver-postscript-hp:
printer-driver-postscript-hp depends on hplip (>= 3.17.10+repack0-5); however:
Package hplip is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package printer-driver-postscript-hp (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-pyqt5:
python3-pyqt5 depends on sip-py3api-12.3; however:
Package sip-py3api-12.3 is not installed.
Package python3-sip which provides sip-py3api-12.3 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-pyqt5 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-pexpect:
python3-pexpect depends on python3-ptyprocess; however:
Package python3-ptyprocess is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package python3-pexpect (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-gui:
hplip-gui depends on hplip (>= 3.17.10+repack0-5); however:
Package hplip is not configured yet.
hplip-gui depends on python3-pyqt5; however:
Package python3-pyqt5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package hplip-gui (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
python3-pil:amd64
python3-olefile
python3-reportlab
python3-notify2
python3-sip
python3-ptyprocess
hplip
printer-driver-postscript-hp
python3-pyqt5
python3-pexpect
hplip-gui
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
How do I fix this issue please? Really frustrating.
EDIT:
Package reconfigure issues the same error same as above, i.e by executing
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt install -f --reinstall python3-minimal
– arilwan Apr 08 '21 at 10:06