Removing idle-python2.7 in Ubuntu 12.04

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?

1 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