apt-get failure

skumaran@hamming:~$ sudo apt install linux-tools-common
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Building dependency tree
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The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-tools-common
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
14 not fully installed or removed.
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Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 linux-tools-common all 4.4.0-28.47 [119 kB]
Fetched 119 kB in 0s (279 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-tools-common.
(Reading database ... 268185 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-tools-common_4.4.0-28.47_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-tools-common (4.4.0-28.47) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up python-cairo (1.8.8-2) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package python-cairo (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up python-gobject-2 (2.28.6-12ubuntu1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package python-gobject-2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gtk2:
 python-gtk2 depends on python-cairo (>= 1.0.2-1.1); however:
  Package python-cairo is not configured yet.
 python-gtk2 depends on python-gobject-2 (>= 2.21.3); however:
  Package python-gobject-2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-gtk2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-numpy (1:1.11.0-1ubuntu1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package python-numpy (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-sqlalchemy (1.0.11+ds1-1ubuntu2) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package python-sqlalchemy (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-pygame:
 python-pygame depends on python-numpy (>= 1:1.8.0); however:
  Package python-numpy is not configured yet.
 python-pygame depends on python-numpy-abi9; however:
  Package python-numpy-abi9 is not installed.
  Package python-numpy which provides python-numpy-abi9 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-pygame (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of childsplay:
 childsplay depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
 childsplay depends on python-numpy; however:
  Package python-numpy is not configured yet.
 childsplay depends on python-sqlalchemy; however:
  Package python-sqlalchemy is not configured yet.
 childsplay depends on python-pygame (>= 1.7); however:
  Package python-pygame is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package childsplay (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of childsplay-alphabet-sounds-ca:
 childsplay-alphabet-sounds-ca depends on childsplay (>= 1.1-1); however:
  Package childsplay is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package childsplay-alphabet-sounds-ca (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-pysqlite2 (2.7.0-1) ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package python-pysqlite2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gcompris:
 gcompris depends on python-pysqlite2; however:
  Package python-pysqlite2 is not configured yet.
 gcompris depends on python-gtk2; however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not configured yet.
 gcompris depends on python-cairo; however:
  Package python-cairo is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package gcompris (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up python-configparser (3.3.0r2-2) ...
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package python-configparser (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up python-lzma (0.5.3-3) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package python-lzma (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                                                                            dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-sqlalchemy-ext:
 python-sqlalchemy-ext depends on python-sqlalchemy (= 1.0.11+ds1-1ubuntu2); however:
  Package python-sqlalchemy is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package python-sqlalchemy-ext (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up youtube-dl (2016.02.22-1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycompile", line 35, in <module>
    from debpython.version import SUPPORTED, debsorted, vrepr, \
  File "/usr/share/python/debpython/version.py", line 24, in <module>
    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
ImportError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
dpkg: error processing package youtube-dl (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up linux-tools-common (4.4.0-28.47) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-cairo
 python-gobject-2
 python-gtk2
 python-numpy
 python-sqlalchemy
 python-pygame
 childsplay
 childsplay-alphabet-sounds-ca
 python-pysqlite2
 gcompris
 python-configparser
 python-lzma
 python-sqlalchemy-ext
 youtube-dl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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