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Old 03-08-2012, 02:59 AM   #1
Surenthar
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Cool Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process usin


Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
 
Old 03-08-2012, 03:42 AM   #2
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It usually means that another apt tool is locking the cache. Kill that process.
 
Old 03-12-2012, 10:02 AM   #3
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i use bt5 r1 on vmware 7, twice i tried to upgrade from bt5 r1 to bt5 r2, the upgrade was pretty good until it got to this point below and did not go any forward for hours

A w3af/plugins/discovery/ghdb
A w3af/plugins/discovery/ghdb/GHDB.xml
A w3af/plugins/discovery/spiderMan.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/content_negotiation
A w3af/plugins/discovery/content_negotiation/common_filenames.db
A w3af/plugins/discovery/findGit.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/wordpress_fullpathdisclosure.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/sitemapReader.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/bing_spider.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/findCaptchas.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/fingerPKS.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/phishtank.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/frontpage_version.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/robotsReader.py
A w3af/plugins/discovery/wordnet

I have suspened the vm to sick solution, can anyone assist???
 
  


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