dpkg: error processing python-minimal (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-minimal
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
praetorien@Wintermute:/var/lib/apt/lists$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
praetorien@Wintermute:/var/lib/apt/lists$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up python-minimal (2.7.1-0ubuntu5.1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/compileall.py", line 16, in <module>
    import struct
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/struct.py", line 1, in <module>
    from _struct import *
ImportError: No module named _struct
dpkg: error processing python-minimal (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python:
 python depends on python-minimal (= 2.7.1-0ubuntu5.1); however:
  Package python-minimal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-httplib2:
 python-httplib2 depends on python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2); however:
  Package python is not configured yet.
 python-httplib2 depends on python (<< 2.8); however:
  Package python is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-httplib2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-minimal
 python
 python-httplib2