add/remove programs & adept manager

[rickmart]

When I use either of these programs I get "There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages." it doesn't matter what i try to download. I would like to have a file manager, and can't find konqueror anywhere. >

[integr8e]

Re: add/remove programs & adept manager

Try this, open Konsole and type the following command:

sudo apt-get update

Press enter and run this code:

sudo apt-get upgrade

See if that works, but if not, try the following command:

sudo apt-get install -f

If it tells you to use "apt-get autoremove" to uninstall several programs, as long as it doesn't want to uninstall your entire computer and you can temporarily do without those apps (you can re-install them), then give Konsole the following command:

sudo apt-get autoremove

Answer yes when prompted if the list of programs to be uninstalled will not inhibit your use of the computer.

Then, run "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get upgrade" again.

[rickmart]

Re: add/remove programs & adept manager

Thanks, tried all your suggestions, I get this message ": 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?"

[integr8e]

Re: add/remove programs & adept manager

If Adept is running, you have to close it before you can run the "apt-get" commands.

[Snowhog]

Re: add/remove programs & adept manager

Open a konsole and type:

ls -l /var/lib/dpkg

There will be a file called lock. What file size is it (it should be zero).