Installation of software results in the following error:

Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...

Setting up python3-distupgrade (1:0.190.2) ...

Could not import runpy module

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 289, in <module>

    main()

  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 283, in main

    process.communicate()

  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 809, in communicate

    self.stdin.close()

IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

Error in sys.excepthook:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 64, in apport_excepthook

    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>

    from apport.report import Report

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 12, in <module>

    import subprocess, tempfile, os.path, re, pwd, grp, os

EOFError: EOF read where not expected



Original exception was:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 289, in <module>

    main()

  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 283, in main

    process.communicate()

  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 809, in communicate

    self.stdin.close()

IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

dpkg: error processing python3-distupgrade (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:

 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core depends on python3-distupgrade (= 1:0.190.2); however:

  Package python3-distupgrade is not configured yet.



dpkg: error processing ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk:

 ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk depends on ubuntu-release-upgrader-core (= 1:0.190.2); however:

  Package ubuntu-release-upgrader-core is not configured yet.

 ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk depends on python3-distupgrade (= 1:0.190.2); however:

  Package python3-distupgrade is not configured yet.



dpkg: error processing ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Setting up geany-common (1.22+dfsg-2) ...

No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

                No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

                                Setting up geany (1.22+dfsg-2) ...

Errors were encountered while processing:

 python3-distupgrade

 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core

 ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

'sudo dpkg --configure -a didn't solve the problem. How can I fix this?