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Maakheru 10-21-2007 02:46 PM

Problem with package installer nad update manager
 
I am having a problem with installing any new package or upgrading with the update manager. When I try to install a package or upgrade my Ubuntu 7.04 to the latest 7.10. I am notified that only one package manager can run at a time and that I must manually run the program within the terminal to reconfigure the commands "dpkg". I am quite new to linux and have no idea on what I'm supposed to do in such a situation. There is no visible package installer running so I don't know which on e is causing this error. I am notified that it can be the Synaptics, Aptitude, or etc. that I must close in order to install yet I don't see them running. Can someone assist me in resolving this problem? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

berbae 10-22-2007 08:46 AM

Can you post the commands you typed in and the exact real error messages you got, rather than a rewording of them ?

Maakheru 10-23-2007 03:35 PM

It ask for a manual installation using the commands "dpkg --configure -a" When I enter the commands into the terminal I am requested an IP address. The problem is that I cannot install any software with the Gdebi Package Installer, Synaptics Manager, Aptitude, or update with the update manager. The same notice appears that only one package manager can run at a time and ask for tha above commands to be entered into the terminal.

berbae 10-23-2007 04:43 PM

Sorry I cannot help you on this problem as I don't use Ubuntu.
I only used SUSE, a rpm based distro and now Arch Linux, a binary pkg.tar.gz based distro.
Try a Ubuntu forum.


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