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Gabriel
Asked: 2014-08-19 05:20:03 +0800 CST

Removing idle-python2.7 in Ubuntu 12.04

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I'm having some issues when updating packages on Ubuntu 12.04:

Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 idle-python2.7
Setting up idle-python2.7 (2.7.3-0ubuntu3.5) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/compileall.py", line 16, in <module>
    import struct
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/struct.py", line 1, in <module>
    from _struct import *
ImportError: No module named _struct
dpkg: error processing idle-python2.7 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I believe it can be related with idle-python2.7 and I want to remove it with:

sudo apt-get remove idle-python2.7

to see if that fixes it, but I'm afraid I'll bork my system.

Can I safely remove that package? How can I run a "trial removal" to see what would be removed along with it?

12.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    From the terminal try running the following command to see what it does:

    idle-python2.7

    The command opens a new window of the IDLE (using Python-2.7) Integrated Development Environment for Python. idle-python2.7 is just an application, so it is safe to remove IDLE (using Python-2.7) from Ubuntu Software or from the terminal by typing:

    sudo apt-get remove idle-python2.7

    Alternatively you could run the following command to simulate what removing idle-python2.7 would do without actually removing anything:

    apt-get remove --simulate idle-python2.7
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