package ndiff 7.40-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1702789 reported by Russell Jones
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nmap (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Using chrome and terminal at the time of install

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: ndiff 7.40-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-26.30-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 6 19:41:08 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-24 (43 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: nmap
Title: package ndiff 7.40-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Russell Jones (jonesrussell42) wrote :
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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

Hi Russel,
from your log I see:

    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'

That is odd, I don't know how this got broken - but that is part of a completely different package.
Maybe some custom local python setup that breaks this?

I'd recommend following some older guides around just this issue like [1].

Bug 1618666 suggests that this python module was renamed and it seems your systems packages are in some kind of version mismatch - which would also suggest a broken custom python setup as the reason.

[1]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/534040/problem-installing-any-new-packages-in-ubuntu-because-of-python/534047#534047

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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

Changed in nmap (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for nmap (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in nmap (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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