E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while installing idle

Question

Ii was trying to install IDLE wit this commend:

sudo apt-get install idle3

but while installation this error show up:

the error's complete shape is this:

Setting up idle-python3.5 (3.5.3-1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/compileall.py", line 15, in <module>
    import importlib.util
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/importlib/__init__.py", line 57, in <module>
    import types
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/types.py", line 166, in <module>
    import functools as _functools
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/functools.py", line 23, in <module>
    from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/weakref.py", line 12, in <module>
    from _weakref import (
ImportError: cannot import name '_remove_dead_weakref'
dpkg: error processing package idle-python3.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of idle3:
 idle3 depends on idle-python3.5; however:
  Package idle-python3.5 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package idle3 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 idle-python3.5
 idle3
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

tnx for helping me to solve this problem

Do you have Python 3 installed in your system? Do you have problems installing other things not related to Python? — code_dredd, Sep 09 '17 at 14:20
yes i have installed that.and i've never faced a problem like this before.i edited my Question and added complete shape of error. — Mr H, Sep 09 '17 at 15:07
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of idle3: idle3 depends on idle-python3.5; however: Package idle-python3.5 is not configured yet. Can you try properly installing idle-python3.5 by itself before trying idle3? — code_dredd, Sep 09 '17 at 15:12
ImportError: cannot import name '_remove_dead_weakref' dpkg: error processing package idle-python3.5 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of idle3: idle3 depends on idle-python3.5; however: Package idle-python3.5 is not configured yet. — Mr H, Sep 09 '17 at 15:23
dpkg: error processing package idle3 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. — Mr H, Sep 09 '17 at 15:23
i tried sudo apt-get install idle-python3.5 and i faced this things that i entered above — Mr H, Sep 09 '17 at 15:24
I tried to see if I could reproduce your problem, but my installation command for idle3 runs fine w/o issues. Have you tried sudo apt-get install -f so that it tries to fix broken packages? — code_dredd, Sep 09 '17 at 22:32
i tried it now but it gave me the same error again.and a weird thing happened on my laptop.i woke up this morning and then i saw idle3 has been installed on my laptop :| i think there are ghosts in my laptop :))))) — Mr H, Sep 10 '17 at 14:37

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while installing idle

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