Problem seems resolved for me after a huge uninstall #8-#11 root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# ppa-purge wxwidgets Updating packages lists PPA to be removed: wxwidgwts ppa Warning: Could not find package list for PPA: wxwidgets ppa huge uninstall (all packages referred in #5) root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwx-perl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwx-perl is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: bluefish-dbg firebird2.0-common firebird2.0-server-common libcap2-bin libode1 python-apsw python-m2crypto python-vlc 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 8,671kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 396449 files and directories currently installed.) Removing bluefish-dbg ... Removing firebird2.0-common ... Removing firebird2.0-server-common ... Removing libcap2-bin ... Removing libode1 ... Removing python-apsw ... Removing python-m2crypto ... Removing python-vlc ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for python-support ... root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwx-perl-datawalker-perl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwx-perl-datawalker-perl is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwx11-0 libwx11-0-dbg libwx11-dev libwxsvg-dev libwxsvg0 libwxbase2.6-0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwx11-0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwx11-0-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwx11-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsvg-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsvg0 is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: kiki libwxbase2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-0 mediainfo-gui pychecker python-wxglade python-wxgtk2.6 spe winpdb wx2.8-doc 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 10 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 39.8MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 396275 files and directories currently installed.) Removing spe ... Removing kiki ... Removing python-wxgtk2.6 ... Removing mediainfo-gui ... Removing libwxgtk2.6-0 ... Removing libwxbase2.6-0 ... Removing pychecker ... Removing python-wxglade ... Removing winpdb ... Removing wx2.8-doc ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for python-support ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 removed doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwx11-0 libwx11-0-dbg libwx11-dev libwxsvg-dev libwxsvg0 libwxbase2.6-0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwx11-0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwx11-0-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwx11-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsvg-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsvg0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.6-0 is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwxbase2.6-dbg libwxbase2.6-dev libwxbase2.8-dbg libwxgtk2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-dbg libwxgtk2.6-dev libwxgtk2.8-dbg libwx-perl-dialog-perl libwx-perl-processstream-perl libwxsmithlib0 libwxsmithlib0-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libwxbase2.8-0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwxbase2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-dialog-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-processstream-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsmithlib0-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-dev is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: boinc boinc-client boinc-manager cl-asdf codeblocks codeblocks-common codeblocks-contrib codeblocks-contrib-common codelite common-lisp-controller exiftran gnucap gnuplot gnuplot-x11 gspiceui guile-cairo guile-g-wrap guile-gnome2-glib guile-gnome2-gtk gwave libcodeblocks0 libgwrap-runtime2 libwxbase2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxsmithlib0 maxima maxima-doc maxima-emacs maxima-share maxima-src maxima-test phatch phatch-cli phatch-nautilus python-pyexiv2 python-wxgtk2.8 python-wxtools realpath sbcl schedtool ttf-jsmath wx2.8-headers wxformbuilder wxmaxima xcftools xchm xmaxima 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 48 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 324MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwxbase2.6-dbg libwxbase2.6-dev libwxbase2.8-dbg libwxgtk2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-dbg libwxgtk2.6-dev libwxgtk2.8-dbg libwx-perl-dialog-perl libwx-perl-processstream-perl libwxsmithlib0 libwxsmithlib0-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwxbase2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-dialog-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-processstream-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsmithlib0-dev is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: codeblocks-contrib codeblocks-contrib-common libwxsmithlib0 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 20.2MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 394145 files and directories currently installed.) Removing codeblocks-contrib ... Removing codeblocks-contrib-common ... Removing libwxsmithlib0 ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwxbase2.6-dbg libwxbase2.6-dev libwxbase2.8-dbg libwxgtk2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-dbg libwxgtk2.6-dev libwxgtk2.8-dbg libwx-perl-dialog-perl libwx-perl-processstream-perl libwxsmithlib0 libwxsmithlib0-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libwxbase2.8-0 Reading package lists... 3% Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwxbase2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-dialog-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-processstream-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsmithlib0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsmithlib0-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-dev is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: boinc boinc-client boinc-manager cl-asdf codeblocks codeblocks-common codelite common-lisp-controller exiftran gnucap gnuplot gnuplot-x11 gspiceui guile-cairo guile-g-wrap guile-gnome2-glib guile-gnome2-gtk gwave libcodeblocks0 libgwrap-runtime2 libwxbase2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 maxima maxima-doc maxima-emacs maxima-share maxima-src maxima-test phatch phatch-cli phatch-nautilus python-pyexiv2 python-wxgtk2.8 python-wxtools realpath sbcl schedtool ttf-jsmath wx2.8-headers wxformbuilder wxmaxima xcftools xchm xmaxima 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 45 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 304MB disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 393652 files and directories currently installed.) Removing boinc ... Removing boinc-client ... * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] Removing boinc-manager ... Removing xmaxima ... Removing maxima-test ... Removing maxima-share ... Removing maxima-emacs ... remove/maxima: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23 texhash: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Done. Removing wxmaxima ... Removing maxima ... Removing sbcl ... Removing common-lisp-controller ... Removing cl-asdf ... Removing codeblocks ... Removing codeblocks-common ... Removing codelite ... Removing exiftran ... Removing gnucap ... Removing gnuplot ... Removing gnuplot-x11 ... Removing `diversion of /usr/bin/gnuplot to /usr/bin/gnuplot-nox by gnuplot-x11' Removing `diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/gnuplot.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/gnuplot-nox.1.gz by gnuplot-x11' Removing gspiceui ... Removing gwave ... Removing guile-gnome2-gtk ... Removing guile-cairo ... Removing guile-gnome2-glib ... Removing guile-g-wrap ... Removing libcodeblocks0 ... Removing libgwrap-runtime2 ... Removing libwxbase2.8-dev ... Removing python-wxtools ... Removing phatch-nautilus ... Removing phatch ... Removing python-wxgtk2.8 ... Removing xchm ... Removing wxformbuilder ... Removing libwxgtk2.8-0 ... Removing libwxbase2.8-0 ... Removing maxima-doc ... Removing maxima-src ... Removing phatch-cli ... Removing python-pyexiv2 ... Removing realpath ... Removing schedtool ... Removing ttf-jsmath ... Removing wx2.8-headers ... Removing xcftools ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 6 removed doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for install-info ... Processing triggers for python-support ... Processing triggers for fontconfig ... root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get autoremove libwxbase2.6-dbg libwxbase2.6-dev libwxbase2.8-dbg libwxgtk2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-dbg libwxgtk2.6-dev libwxgtk2.8-dbg libwx-perl-dialog-perl libwx-perl-processstream-perl libwxsmithlib0 libwxsmithlib0-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libwxbase2.8-0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libwxbase2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.6-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-dbg is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-dialog-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwx-perl-processstream-perl is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsmithlib0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxsmithlib0-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-0 is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.8-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxgtk2.8-dev is not installed, so not removed Package libwxbase2.8-0 is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: gnuplot-nox python-wxversion 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 2,114kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 386803 files and directories currently installed.) Removing gnuplot-nox ... Removing python-wxversion ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for man-db ... try to install padre and seems to work fine root@harrysas:/home/harrykar# apt-get install padre Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: ack-grep libalgorithm-diff-perl libalien-wxwidgets-perl libclass-adapter-perl libclass-inspector-perl libclass-unload-perl libclass-xsaccessor-perl libclone-perl libdbd-sqlite3-perl libdbi-perl libdebug-client-perl libdevel-dumpvar-perl libdevel-refactor-perl libfile-find-rule-perl libfile-homedir-perl libfile-next-perl libfile-pushd-perl libfile-remove-perl libfile-sharedir-perl libfile-spec-perl libfile-which-perl libio-stringy-perl libipc-run3-perl liblist-moreutils-perl libmodule-refresh-perl libmodule-starter-perl libnet-daemon-perl libnumber-compare-perl liborlite-migrate-perl liborlite-perl libparams-util-perl libparse-errorstring-perl-perl libparse-exuberantctags-perl libplrpc-perl libpod-abstract-perl libpod-pom-perl libppi-perl libppix-editortools-perl libppix-regexp-perl libprobe-perl-perl libreadonly-perl libreadonly-xs-perl libtask-weaken-perl libtemplate-tiny-perl libtext-diff-perl libtext-findindent-perl libtext-glob-perl libwx-perl libwx-perl-dialog-perl libwx-perl-processstream-perl libwxbase2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-dev libyaml-tiny-perl wx2.8-headers Suggested packages: dbishell wx2.8-doc libgnomeprintui2.2-0 wx-common Recommended packages: libformat-human-bytes-perl The following NEW packages will be installed: ack-grep libalgorithm-diff-perl libalien-wxwidgets-perl libclass-adapter-perl libclass-inspector-perl libclass-unload-perl libclass-xsaccessor-perl libclone-perl libdbd-sqlite3-perl libdbi-perl libdebug-client-perl libdevel-dumpvar-perl libdevel-refactor-perl libfile-find-rule-perl libfile-homedir-perl libfile-next-perl libfile-pushd-perl libfile-remove-perl libfile-sharedir-perl libfile-spec-perl libfile-which-perl libio-stringy-perl libipc-run3-perl liblist-moreutils-perl libmodule-refresh-perl libmodule-starter-perl libnet-daemon-perl libnumber-compare-perl liborlite-migrate-perl liborlite-perl libparams-util-perl libparse-errorstring-perl-perl libparse-exuberantctags-perl libplrpc-perl libpod-abstract-perl libpod-pom-perl libppi-perl libppix-editortools-perl libppix-regexp-perl libprobe-perl-perl libreadonly-perl libreadonly-xs-perl libtask-weaken-perl libtemplate-tiny-perl libtext-diff-perl libtext-findindent-perl libtext-glob-perl libwx-perl libwx-perl-dialog-perl libwx-perl-processstream-perl libwxbase2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-dev libyaml-tiny-perl padre wx2.8-headers 0 upgraded, 57 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 11.6MB of archives. After this operation, 41.5MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 ....etc