Unable to get exclusive lock
I am no longer able to install anything from limewire to Miro. In the add/remove applications, I get
"Unable to get an exclusive lock This usually means that another package management application (like apt-get or aptitude) is already running. Please close that application first." I have tried restarting, killing other applications like update manager, but every command leads to: E: could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? |
Code:
ps aux |grep dpkg |
lsof | grep /var/lib/dpkg
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well it looks like whatever you two gave me worked, I was able to install a program.
However my theme seems to have been messed up from it. I now see windows with a "windows 95" looking gray theme. However I have a custom window boarder from emerald working. Strange. But thanks for the help :) |
Heh.
Neither james' nor my commands have anything to do with fixing your issue(s). They're merely means of diagnostics; james' trying to locate potential active culprits, mine simply looking at which process has handle(s) on the locked file. Cheers, Tink |
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