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Installed self-compiled Python 3.7.0 as “python”, how to remove it?



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I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.



I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.



However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.



Now, I have the following package installed:



$ sudo dpkg -l python
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2


This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:



$ sudo dpkg -r python
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba-common-bin depends on python.
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
py
dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
python


And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:



$ sudo apt install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


Running that scares me, so I chose no:



$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]


Is there any way to recover from this?
Thanks in advance!









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    I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.



    I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.



    However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.



    Now, I have the following package installed:



    $ sudo dpkg -l python
    Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
    | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
    |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
    ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
    +++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
    ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2


    This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:



    $ sudo dpkg -r python
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
    python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
    python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
    python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
    python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
    python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
    python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
    python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
    python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
    python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
    python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
    python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
    python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
    python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
    python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
    samba-common-bin depends on python.
    samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
    samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
    samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
    samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
    iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
    iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
    iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
    iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
    python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
    py
    dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
    dependency problems - not removing
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    python


    And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:



    $ sudo apt install python
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
    You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
    Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
    samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
    Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
    E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


    Running that scares me, so I chose no:



    $ sudo apt-get -f install
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Correcting dependencies... Done
    The following packages will be REMOVED:
    iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
    python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
    python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
    Do you want to continue? [Y/n]


    Is there any way to recover from this?
    Thanks in advance!









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      I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.



      I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.



      However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.



      Now, I have the following package installed:



      $ sudo dpkg -l python
      Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
      | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
      |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
      ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
      +++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
      ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2


      This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:



      $ sudo dpkg -r python
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
      python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
      python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
      python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
      samba-common-bin depends on python.
      samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
      samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
      samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
      samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
      iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
      iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
      iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
      iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
      py
      dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
      dependency problems - not removing
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      python


      And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:



      $ sudo apt install python
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


      Running that scares me, so I chose no:



      $ sudo apt-get -f install
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      Correcting dependencies... Done
      The following packages will be REMOVED:
      iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
      python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
      python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
      After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
      Do you want to continue? [Y/n]


      Is there any way to recover from this?
      Thanks in advance!









      share







      New contributor




      Andy Castille is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
      Check out our Code of Conduct.












      I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server.



      I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb instead.



      However, to remove it, I used this method with checkinstall. I generated a deb so that I could then remove all of the files created by the original installation, but for the deb's package name, I just left the default python.



      Now, I have the following package installed:



      $ sudo dpkg -l python
      Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
      | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
      |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
      ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
      +++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
      ri python 3.7.0-1 amd64 Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2


      This means that I cannot run dpkg -r python because system packages depend on a metapackage just called python:



      $ sudo dpkg -r python
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python:
      python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-ldb depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-ldb depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-talloc depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-talloc depends on python (>= 2.7~).
      python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
      python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-pyicu depends on python (>= 2.7).
      python-pyicu depends on python (<< 2.8).
      samba-common-bin depends on python.
      samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
      samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
      samba depends on python (>= 2.7).
      samba depends on python (<< 2.8).
      iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
      iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
      iotop depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2).
      iotop depends on python (<< 2.8).
      python-cryptography depends on python (<< 2.8).
      py
      dpkg: error processing package python (--remove):
      dependency problems - not removing
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      python


      And I cannot install the default version of python again because I have the wrong version installed for python:



      $ sudo apt install python
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      python is already the newest version (3.7.0-1).
      You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      iotop : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-acme : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-asn1crypto : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-certifi : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-cffi-backend : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-chardet : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-configparser : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-crypto : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-cryptography : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-dnspython : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-enum34 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-funcsigs : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-future : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-idna : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-ipaddress : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-josepy : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-ldb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-mock : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-openssl : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-parsedatetime : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-pbr : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-pkg-resources : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-pyicu : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-requests : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-requests-toolbelt : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-rfc3339 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-setuptools : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-six : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-talloc : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-tdb : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      python-tz : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      python-urllib3 : Depends: python:any (< 2.8)
      Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
      samba : Depends: python (< 2.8) but 3.7.0-1 is to be installed
      Recommends: attr but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


      Running that scares me, so I chose no:



      $ sudo apt-get -f install
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      Correcting dependencies... Done
      The following packages will be REMOVED:
      iotop python-acme python-asn1crypto python-certifi python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-configparser python-crypto python-cryptography python-dnspython python-enum34 python-funcsigs python-future python-idna python-ipaddress
      python-josepy python-ldb python-mock python-openssl python-parsedatetime python-pbr python-pkg-resources python-pyicu python-requests python-requests-toolbelt python-rfc3339 python-samba python-setuptools python-six python-talloc
      python-tdb python-tz python-urllib3 samba samba-common-bin samba-libs
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 36 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
      After this operation, 56.7 MB disk space will be freed.
      Do you want to continue? [Y/n]


      Is there any way to recover from this?
      Thanks in advance!







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