[olug] Two Ubuntu related problems (Take 2)

[Joe Gulizia]

When I reboot and after a shutdown/restart I still
have the same problem with the prompt.

I can try renaming tonight I hope.

Thanks to all who are responding...ALL help
appreciated.



--- Daniel Linder wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> > On 1/23/06, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> >> 2) I have problems updating Ubuntu...I get this 
> 
> >> prompt "UNABLE TO GET EXCLUSIVE LOCK -- This
> usually 
> 
> >> means that another package management application
> 
> 
> >> system like apt-get or aptitude is already
> running. 
> 
> >> Please close that application first." 
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> Ubuntu documentation is not very straightforward
> (at 
> 
> >> keast for me). 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm new to the Ubuntu/Debian world, but I would
> expect that there is a
> "lock file" laying around somewhere that wasn't
> cleaned up by
> apt-get or other package manager.
> 
> Some Googling on "apt-get lock file" shows that
> "/var/state/apt/lists/lock" might be the key.  After
> a
> clean reboot, does that file exist?  Can you re-name
> it and try your
> update again?
> 
> Maybe someone with a deeper knowledge of apt-get can
> shed some light
> here.  So far my experience with Kubuntu has been
> pretty positive.
> :)
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
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