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    Adept competing process problem

    When I try to run adept to install a package I get the message "Another process is using the packaging system database". This proabably happened when I tried to install Java and tried to abort the installation partway through. The question is, how do I find out what this process is and how do I kill it?

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    Re: Adept competing process problem

    If Adept won't restart after a package install and
    reports:
    "Another process is using the packaging system
    database (probably some other adept
    application or apt-get or aptitude)..."
    Open a konsole and run the following:
    sudo dpkg --configure -a
    sudo apt-get autoremove
    sudo apt-get autoclean
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      Re: Adept competing process problem

      Um... you actually only need either of two commands:

      Code:
      sudo dpkg --configure -a
      or

      Code:
      sudo apt-get -f install
      You only need the second one if the first doesn't work. Also be careful of running "sudo apt-get autoremove" and always check what will be removed by that command.
      Jucato's Data Core

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        #4
        Re: Adept competing process problem

        Point taken. Why initiate a 'full assault' when a carefully placed single-shot may fix the problem.

        What then, would be the 'preferred' solutions a user would want to attempt, in order, when Adept balks at wanting to run?
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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          #5
          Re: Adept competing process problem

          Originally posted by Snowhog
          What then, would be the 'preferred' solutions a user would want to attempt, in order, when Adept balks at wanting to run?
          1. One of the two commands we both gave
          2. There is on-going work on a script/applet that will try to resolve such errors, presenting the user with a dialog box asking what to do. I think this will be included in 7.10 release.
          Jucato's Data Core

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            #6
            Re: Adept competing process problem

            Thank you. I've updated my notes.
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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