dpkg: error processing archive
linux, ubuntu
Solution
After a while in searching , i have fixed the problem with those lines in terminal:
$ sudo apt-get clean
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-minimal python-lockfile
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Problem
I got this error when trying to install anything on ubuntu 16.04. ``` SyntaxError: invalid syntax dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python- samba_2%3a4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.6_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module> from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \ File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module> from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/python-libxml2_2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/python-samba_2%3a4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.6_amd64.deb N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ``` I have tried apt-get -f install but it shows the same error . could anyone help ?