My ubuntu 10.10 is crashed, how to recover it?

[amityadav9314]

Hello!
I ran this command "sudo apt-get remove python" by mistake, not knowing the consequences, and it removed it everything
Please tell me how to restore it.
Terminal and synaptic package manager not working.
Is there really a way to restore it knowing that terminal and synaptic not working.
Please help me.

[garvinrick4]

To get into a file system that is not bootable is done with "chroot" command.
Take a Live Cd (install CD using Try Ubuntu)
open a terminal (ctrl/alt/t)
Find your linux install sda#

sudo fdisk -l

(lower case L)
Now lets say it is sda5 for this example:
Make sure in Live Cd the internet is working (can use firefox on net)
Now copy and paste these:

sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt

for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys; do sudo mount -B $i /mnt$i; done

sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf

sudo chroot /mnt

## Now you can install want you want not using sudo you are in root of sda5 then continue below to unmount before rebooting: (Can install packages, grub,
or "dpkg --configure -a" to clean up dependencys or to start installing packages if
you stopped in the middle of upgrades anything you need to do really.)

exit

for i in /dev/pts /dev /proc /sys; do sudo umount /mnt$i ; done

sudo umount /mnt

sudo reboot

##Have never removed python before or read a Thread about it so if you "apt-get install python" will fix this problem is a mystery, let us know how it washes out.

[amityadav9314]

Would this be a fresh install or would I be able to retain all my files?
I really need to retain them(some important one).
WIll it be like repair of Windows?

[Wim Sturkenboom]

To save your not-so-important (see my signature) data

Boot from live CD and have a usb-stck/external HD ready; after the boot insert it.

Mount your Ubuntu partition; if you had a separate partition for the home directories, mount that one (see earlier post; sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt).

Copy your files from /mnt to the usb-stick / external HD

Unmount the usb-stick / external HD (see earlier post; sudo umount /mnt)

Why am I so cynical about the not-so-important data?

What would you have done if you had a serious physical disk crash? You might have been able to get it back partitally by using a professional service that charges you a hell of a lot of money for each MB that they recover.
Making backups would prevent this.

If a document that I'm working on is important for me, I always save it twice. Once on HD and once externally (e.g. usb-stick)

Good luck in getting your system back up and running. Above post by garvinrick4 seems quite reliable

[garvinrick4]

Would this be a fresh install or would I be able to retain all my files?

This is the install you have now?
Make sure you use your own sda#
sda5 was an example you have to get yours for your linux install.
Post #4 makes all the sense in the World about keeping backups at all times.

[amityadav9314]

output of
sudo fdisk -l


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa3799e50

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 13 5100 40857600 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 5100 6974 15055872 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 6974 26165 154151937 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4 26165 38914 102398976 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 6974 16603 77339266 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 16603 25770 73637888 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 25770 26165 3173376 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 4022 MB, 4022337024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 489 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9aa4f4bd

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 490 3928032 6 FAT16
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(488, 254, 63) logical=(489, 5, 27)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$


Now please tell me my linux partition.
Is it /sda6?

[amityadav9314]

I think it is /sda6
but when i tried this command: sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf/mnt/etc/resolv.conf


i am getting this error.


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf/mnt/etc/resolv.conf
cp: missing destination file operand after `/etc/resolv.conf/mnt/etc/resolv.conf'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[garvinrick4]

You are right sda6 is correct:
Try it again I left out a space in that piece of code, sorry.

[amityadav9314]

ok i have crossed that command and upto root.

this is the error I am getting...


root@ubuntu:/# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-docky casper unity-asset-pool libmono-getoptions2.0-cil libfolks0 libgio-cil libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 python-renderpm libatk1.0-doc libzeitgeist-gio
libglib2.0-doc libxcb-icccm1 python-paramiko libdiscover2 librsvg2-2.18-cil libdesktop-agnostic-cfg-gconf unity-2d-launcher libpango1.0-doc
libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil python-pyicu kdelibs-data libgdata1.4-cil libtagc0 libmono-simd2.0-cil gnome-session-common libgkeyfile1.0-cil evince-common
libxcb-property1 ubiquity-frontend-debconf liblualib50 python-awn python-lxml python-reportlab-accel libedata-cal1.2-7 ubiquity libdebian-installer4
squashfs-tools xresprobe discover zeitgeist libqtdee2 user-setup zeitgeist-core ubiquity-casper python-configobj cryptsetup reiserfsprogs
python-beautifulsoup libcompfaceg1 rdate libfolks-telepathy0 python-gnomedesktop libdesktop-agnostic-vfs-gio python-xklavier devhelp-common
libclutk-0.3-0 python-compizconfig bogl-bterm libdesktop-agnostic-fdo-glib libavahi-qt3-1 libtaglib2.0-cil sessioninstaller libtelepathy-logger1
python-desktop-agnostic libgtk2.0-doc avant-window-navigator-data zeitgeist-fts-extension libdee-1.0-0 localechooser-data libappindicator0.1-cil
libwmf-bin libxml2-dev unity-2d-spread telepathy-logger python-dateutil libwnck2.20-cil libmagick++3 indicator-datetime libkarma0 python-uniconvertor
libgudev1.0-cil python-gweather libxml++2.6-2 ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork zeitgeist-datahub libcheese-gtk18 libindicate0.1-cil libutouch-geis1
libdebconfclient0 libkeybinder0 pmount discover-data libunity-misc0 dmraid liblua50 awn-applets-common python-xlib perlmagick libzeitgeist-1.0-0
libsubtitleeditor0 python-reportlab libesmtp5 libglademm-2.4-1c2a python-keybinder unity-2d-places libnotify0.4-cil libgnomedesktop2.20-cil python-gtop
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
98 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
Setting up gconf2 (2.31.91-0ubuntu3.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/gconf2.postinst: 52: gconf-schemas: not found
dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets-data:
gnome-applets-data depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-applets-data (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up update-manager-core (1:0.142.23) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/update-manager-core.postinst: 10: pycentral: not found
dpkg: error processing update-manager-core (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Setting up python-gmenu (2.30.4-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-gmenu.postinst: 1: /usr/share/gnome-menus/update-gnome-menus-cache: not found
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-gmenu.postinst: 25: update-python-modules: not found
dpkg: error processing python-gmenu (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-menus:
gnome-menus depends on python-gmenu (= 2.30.4-0ubuntu1); however:
Package python-gmenu is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-menus (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of alacarte:
alacarte depends on python-gmenu (>= 2.27.92); however:
Package python-gmenu is not configured yet.
alacarte depends on gnome-menus (>= 2.27.92); however:
Package gnome-menus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing alacarte (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-debian (0.1.16ubuntu1) ...
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/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-debian.postinst: 6: update-python-modules: not found
dpkg: error processing python-debian (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt-xapian-index:
apt-xapian-index depends on python-debian (>= 0.1.14); however:
Package python-debian is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apt-xapian-index (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of at-spi:
at-spi depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing at-spi (--configure):
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Setting up bicyclerepair (0.9-6) ...
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/var/lib/dpkg/info/bicyclerepair.postinst: 10: pycentral: not found
dpkg: error processing bicyclerepair (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
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Setting up python-argparse (1.1-1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-argparse.postinst: 6: update-python-modules: not found
dpkg: error processing python-argparse (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached alreadydpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of computer-janitor:
computer-janitor depends on update-manager-core (>= 1:0.98.1); however:
Package update-manager-core is not configured yet.
computer-janitor depends on python-argparse (>= 1.1); however:
Package python-argparse is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing computer-janitor (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up crebs (0.9.8.5-0ppa1) ...
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/var/lib/dpkg/info/crebs.postinst: 6: update-python-modules: not found
dpkg: error processing crebs (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of devhelp-common:
devhelp-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
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dpkg: error processing devhelp-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-common:
libgnomevfs2-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
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dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-common (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomevfs2-0:
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Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
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Package libgnomevfs2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-0 (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-vfs2.0-cil:
libgnome-vfs2.0-cil depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome-vfs2.0-cil (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-common:
libgnome2-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-common (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2-0:
libgnome2-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnome2-0 depends on libgnome2-common (>= 2.32); however:
Package libgnome2-common is not configured yet.
libgnome2-0 depends on libgnome2-common (<< 2.33); however:
Package libgnome2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome2-0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
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libbonoboui2-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing libbonoboui2-0 (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnomeui-0:
libgnomeui-0 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
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Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
libgnomeui-0 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
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dpkg: error processing libgnomeui-0 (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome2.24-cil:
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Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
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Package libgnome-vfs2.0-cil is not configured yet.
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Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
libpanel-applet2-0 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
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dpkg: error processing libpanel-applet2-0 (--configure):
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Package libpanel-applet2-0 is not configured yet.
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dpkg: error processing libgnomepanel2.24-cil (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of drapes:
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drapes depends on libgnome2.24-cil (>= 2.24.0); however:
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Package libgnomepanel2.24-cil is not configured yet.
drapes depends on gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing drapes (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of eric:
eric depends on bicyclerepair (>= 0.9-4.1); however:
Package bicyclerepair is not configured yet.
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dpkg: error processing eric (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up gazpacho (0.7.2-2ubuntu1) ...
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dpkg: error processing gazpacho (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gedit:
gedit depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gedit (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gedit-plugins:
gedit-plugins depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
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Package gedit is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gedit-plugins (--configure):
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Setting up gimp (2.6.10-1ubuntu3.3) ...
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/var/lib/dpkg/info/gimp.postinst: 11: update-python-modules: not found
dpkg: error processing gimp (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgksu2-0:
libgksu2-0 depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgksu2-0 (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gksu:
gksu depends on libgksu2-0 (>= 2.0.8); however:
Package libgksu2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gksu (--configure):
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Setting up gnome-doc-utils (0.20.1-1ubuntu1) ...
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/var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-doc-utils.postinst: 6: update-python-modules: not found
dpkg: error processing gnome-doc-utils (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-media-common:
gnome-media-common depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-media-common (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgnome-media0:
libgnome-media0 depends on gnome-media-common (>= 2.31); however:
Package gnome-media-common is not configured yet.
libgnome-media0 depends on gnome-media-common (<< 2.32); however:
Package gnome-media-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libgnome-media0 (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:
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Package gconf2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-media:
gnome-media depends on libgnome-media0; however:
Package libgnome-media0 is not configured yet.
gnome-media depends on gnome-media-common (>= 2.31); however:
Package gnome-media-common is not configured yet.
gnome-media depends on gnome-media-common (<< 2.32); however:
Package gnome-media-common is not configured yet.
gnome-media depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-good; however:
Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-media (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gnome2:
python-gnome2 depends on libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1); however:
Package libbonoboui2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2 depends on libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3); however:
Package libgnome2-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2 depends on libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.22.0); however:
Package libgnomeui-0 is not configured yet.
python-gnome2 depends on libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90); however:
Package libgnomevfs2-0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-gnome2 (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-pyatspi:
python-pyatspi depends on at-spi (>= 1.31.91-0ubuntu1); however:
Package at-spi is not configured yet.
python-pyatspi depends on at-spi (<< 1.31.91-0ubuntu1.1~); however:
Package at-spi is not configured yet.
python-pyatspi depends on python-gnome2; however:
Package python-gnome2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-pyatspi (--configure):
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/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-brlapi.postinst: 8: update-python-modules: not found
dpkg: error processing python-brlapi (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-orca:
gnome-orca depends on python-pyatspi (>= 1.22.0) | python-pyatspi2; however:
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gnome-orca depends on python-gnome2 (>= 2.6.2); however:
Package python-gnome2 is not configured yet.
gnome-orca depends on python-brlapi; however:
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dpkg: error processing gnome-orca (--configure):
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of yelp:
yelp depends on gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2); however:
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yelp depends on gnome-doc-utils (>= 0.17.2); however:
Package gnome-doc-utils is not configured yet.
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-user-guide:
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gufw:
gufw depends on python-gnome2; however:
Package python-gnome2 is not configured yet.
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gconf2
gnome-applets-data
update-manager-core
python-gmenu
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alacarte
python-debian
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bicyclerepair
python-argparse
computer-janitor
crebs
devhelp-common
libgnomevfs2-common
libgnomevfs2-0
libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
libgnome2-common
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gnome-media-common
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Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@ubuntu:/#

[garvinrick4]

That is because you removed python by accident in your original post.
So install it and see if it works out. As I said never removed python before it is essential
so lets see what she does when we install it again. One at a time let each one finish.

apt-get install python

dpkg --configure -a

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

dpkg --configure -a