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Old 11-03-2004, 03:02 PM   #1
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Cannot get exclusive lock

I'm getting:
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warning: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
when entering:
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[root@localhost downloads]# apt-get update
 
Old 11-03-2004, 03:16 PM   #2
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are you running synaptic at the time?
 
Old 11-03-2004, 03:20 PM   #3
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Ahh, you were right. That was it. Thanks.
 
Old 12-02-2004, 07:22 AM   #4
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Hmm, ok, this time round Synaptic isn't even in the vicinity, and I'm getting the same ol' error. Any thoughts?

Edit: Nevermind, restarted X and fine now.
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