I had to perform a reboot recently, and running sudo apt upgrade has resulted in dependency problems ever since:
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libapparmor1 libargon2-1 libcryptsetup12 libdevmapper1.02.1 libip4tc2 libjson-c5 libkmod2 systemdUse 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.13 not fully installed or removed.After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.Setting up python3 (3.10.6-1~22.04) ...running python rtupdate hooks for python3.10...dpkg-query: package 'ibus-table' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of ibus-tableerror running python rtupdate hook ibus-tabledpkg-query: package 'ibus' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of ibuserror running python rtupdate hook ibusdpkg-query: package 'python3-uno' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of python3-unoerror running python rtupdate hook python3-unodpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer-common' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printer-commonerror running python rtupdate hook system-config-printer-commondpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printererror running python rtupdate hook system-config-printerdpkg: error processing package python3 (--configure): installed python3 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 4Setting up systemd (249.11-0ubuntu3.9) ...cp: '/etc/resolv.conf' and '/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf' are the same filedpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure): installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-wheel: python3-wheel depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-wheel (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-dev: python3-dev depends on python3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-pip: python3-pip depends on python3-wheel; however: Package python3-wheel is not configured yet. python3-pip depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-pip (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-release: lsb-release depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package lsb-release (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-lib2to3: python3-lib2to3 depends on python3:any (>= 3.10.5-0~); however: Package python3 is not configured yet. python3-lib2to3 depends on python3:any (<< 3.12); however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-lib2to3 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-pkg-resources: python3-pkg-resources depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-pkg-resources (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-distutils: python3-distutils depends on python3:any (>= 3.10.5-0~); however: Package python3 is not configured yet. python3-distutils depends on python3:any (<< 3.12); however: Package python3 is not configured yet. python3-distutils depends on python3-lib2to3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however: Package python3-lib2to3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-distutils (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-setuptools: python3-setuptools depends on python3-pkg-resources (= 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1); however: Package python3-pkg-resources is not configured yet. python3-setuptools depends on python3-distutils; however: Package python3-distutils is not configured yet. python3-setuptools depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-setuptools (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-distro: python3-distro depends on lsb-release; however: Package lsb-release is not configured yet. python3-distro depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data: hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however: Package python3-distro is not configured yet. hplip-data depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet. Package lsb-release is not configured yet. python3-distro depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data: hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however: Package python3-distro is not configured yet. hplip-data depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet. Package lsb-release is not configured yet. python3-distro depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data: hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however: Package python3-distro is not configured yet. hplip-data depends on python3:any; however: Package lsb-release is not configured yet. python3-distro depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data: hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however: Package python3-distro is not configured yet. hplip-data depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package hplip-data (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-all: python3-all depends on python3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however: Package python3 is not configured yet. python3-all depends on python3-distutils (>= 3.10.6-1~); however: Package python3-distutils is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-all (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfiguredErrors were encountered while processing: python3 systemd Package lsb-release is not configured yet. python3-distro depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data: hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however: Package python3-distro is not configured yet. hplip-data depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet. Package lsb-release is not configured yet. python3-distro depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-distro (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hplip-data: hplip-data depends on python3-distro; however: Package python3-distro is not configured yet. hplip-data depends on python3:any; however: Package python3 is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package hplip-data (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigureddpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python3-all: python3-all depends on python3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04); however: Package python3 is not configured yet. python3-all depends on python3-distutils (>= 3.10.6-1~); however: Package python3-distutils is not configured yet.dpkg: error processing package python3-all (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfiguredErrors were encountered while processing: python3 systemd python3-wheel python3-dev python3-pip lsb-release python3-lib2to3 python3-pkg-resources python3-distutils python3-setuptools python3-distro hplip-data python3-allE: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)The output is the same for sudo apt --fix-broken install. Some time ago, I updated the python symlinks in /usr/bin to point to python3.11 instead of python3.10. It seemed to work without issues, but maybe that can cause problems like this? I have since attempted to reinstall both versions which replaced the symlinks.
Here are the problematic packages from dpkg -l:
iF python3 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 ver>iU python3-all 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 package depending on all supported Python 3 runtime versionsiU python3-dev 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 header files and a static library for Python (default)iU python3-distro 1.7.0-1 all Linux OS platform information APIiU python3-distutils 3.10.6-1~22.04 all distutils package for Python 3.xiU python3-lib2to3 3.10.6-1~22.04 all Interactive high-level object-oriented language (lib2to3)ii python3-minimal 3.10.6-1~22.04 amd64 minimal subset of the Python language (default python3 version)iU python3-pip 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 all Python package installeriU python3-pkg-resources 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1 all Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg_resourcesiU python3-setuptools 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1 all Python3 Distutils EnhancementsiU python3-wheel 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 all built-package format for PythonAdditionally, systemd also shows up as "iF" for some reason. When I tried sudo dpkg --configure python3:
Setting up python3 (3.10.6-1~22.04) ...running python rtupdate hooks for python3.10...dpkg-query: package 'ibus-table' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of ibus-tableerror running python rtupdate hook ibus-tabledpkg-query: package 'ibus' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of ibuserror running python rtupdate hook ibusdpkg-query: package 'python3-uno' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of python3-unoerror running python rtupdate hook python3-unodpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer-common' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printer-commonerror running python rtupdate hook system-config-printer-commondpkg-query: package 'system-config-printer' is not installedUse dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 210, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/py3clean", line 196, in main pfiles = set(dpf.from_package(options.package)) File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)Exception: cannot get content of system-config-printererror running python rtupdate hook system-config-printerdpkg: error processing package python3 (--configure): installed python3 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 4Errors were encountered while processing: python3The output is similar for sudo dpkg --configure -a. I noticed "ibus-table" wasn't installed, so I tried that, resulting in a similar errors to the first output. I believe doing this also caused systemd to show as "iF" in the dpkg list.
I also tried forcefully removing with sudo dpkg --remove --force-depends python3 and reinstalling. Everything has resulted similar errors. I'm running versin 22.04.2.
EDIT: I think I was able to fix some of the packages by deleting /etc/resolv.conf and then running sudo apt --fix-broken install. The only package with dependency errors now is python3.