$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install software-properties-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  glib-networking:i386 golang-go-linux-amd64 libatk-bridge2.0-0:i386 libatspi2.0-0:i386 libboost-filesystem1.55.0:i386
  libboost-system1.55.0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcolord2:i386 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4:i386 libgtk-3-0:i386
  libjson-glib-1.0-0:i386 libmirclient8:i386 libmircommon3:i386 libmirprotobuf0:i386 libprotobuf9:i386 libproxy1:i386
  librest-0.7-0:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libwayland-client0:i386 libwayland-cursor0:i386
  libxkbcommon0:i386 linux-headers-3.19.0-15 linux-headers-3.19.0-15-generic linux-image-3.19.0-15-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-15-generic mir-client-platform-mesa2:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main software-properties-common all 0.96.4 [9'492 B]
Fetched 9'492 B in 5s (1'869 B/s)
(Reading database ... 262683 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../software-properties-common_0.96.4_all.deb ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/software-properties-common.prerm: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/software-properties-common.prerm: py3clean: not found
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: py3clean: not found
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/software-properties-common_0.96.4_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
/var/lib/dpkg/info/software-properties-common.postinst: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/software-properties-common.postinst: py3compile: not found
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/software-properties-common_0.96.4_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)