# aptitude install scons

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1336, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1330, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 876, in run
    self.options.exclude, byte_compile_default=True)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 668, in install
    self.default_runtime.byte_compile(self.private_files,
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'byte_compile'
dpkg: error processing scons (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 scons
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:


# dpkg -P scons

Removing scons ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1336, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1330, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 933, in run
    pkg.remove(runtimes, remove_script_files=True)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 693, in remove
    default_runtime.remove_byte_code(self.private_files)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'remove_byte_code'
dpkg: error processing scons (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1336, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1330, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 876, in run
    self.options.exclude, byte_compile_default=True)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 668, in install
    self.default_runtime.byte_compile(self.private_files,
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'byte_compile'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 scons