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theunixwizard 05-10-2008 04:31 PM

Package manager problems
 
I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 I have had it running good for about
two weeks.
I was installing some .debs i got off of a website
www.getdeb.net. Some of the apps would not install
so I killed the installer app. I went to check for updates
and it said another package manager was running. I checked thru the terminal. it said there was nothing running. It still wouldn't let me
update,so I rebooted the computer and it still won't let me update,install or remove.

Any ideas?

jailbait 05-10-2008 04:45 PM

You probably have a problem with a lock file left locked when you killed the installer. Delete /var/lib/apt/lists/lock and try again.

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Steve Stites

theunixwizard 05-10-2008 06:08 PM

Thanks for the Help
 
After I tried this it allowed me to use the package manager:)

Thanks for your help


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