Thread: Problems with apt-get

i think php5-cli installed possibly... maybe wrong ignore tidbit. problem can't install anything. i've tried autoclean, purge, remove. few dpkg commands. i'm exhausted , want able install packages , developing. here's i'm encountering:

enksed: ~ --> sudo apt-get install php5-cli
reading package lists... done
building dependency tree
reading state information... done
php5-cli newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 remove , 1 not upgraded.
13 not installed or removed.
need 0b/125kb of archives.
after operation, 0b of additional disk space used.
(reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file package `python-cherrypy' missing, assuming package has no files installed.
(reading database ... 297352 files , directories installed.)
preparing replace gnome-applets 2.30.0-0ubuntu2 (using .../gnome-applets_2.30.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
unpacking replacement gnome-applets ...
traceback (most recent call last):
file "/usr/bin/update-gconf-defaults", line 156, in <module>
read_entries(realname)
file "/usr/bin/update-gconf-defaults", line 116, in read_entries
line in file(filename):
nameerror: global name 'file' not defined
dpkg: warning: old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script new package instead ...
traceback (most recent call last):
file "/usr/bin/update-gconf-defaults", line 156, in <module>
read_entries(realname)
file "/usr/bin/update-gconf-defaults", line 116, in read_entries
line in file(filename):
nameerror: global name 'file' not defined
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-applets_2.30.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
traceback (most recent call last):
file "/usr/bin/update-gconf-defaults", line 156, in <module>
read_entries(realname)
file "/usr/bin/update-gconf-defaults", line 116, in read_entries
line in file(filename):
nameerror: global name 'file' not defined
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
processing triggers man-db ...
errors encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-applets_2.30.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
e: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1)
jenksed: ~ -->

forgot add i'm running 10.04 lts

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