When I install python 2.3 using apt-get
I get this error:
Code:
Setting up python2.3 (2.3.5-9.1) ...
Compiling python modules in /usr/lib/python2.3 ...
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp500.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp737.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp775.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp850.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp852.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp855.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp856.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp857.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp860.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp861.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp862.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp863.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/encodings/cp864.py ...
Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)
dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
It then gives me a long list of all the programs that cannot be configured.
eg:
Code:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dia-libs:
dia-libs depends on python2.3 (>= 2.3); however:
Package python2.3 is not configured yet.
I gives me the same error message when I do a dpkg --configure as well.
I think it may have only just happened when I installed GNOME, because I must of installed it to make Amarok and a whole lot of other KDE applications work.
Shall I attempt to revert back to an older version, if so, how can I do this without ruining a lot of other dependant packages?
Is it possible to make the GNOME apps use python 2.4 instead of 2.3?
Is there some dependancy that the apt-get tree is missing that I require?
Thanks
