synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

[in10city]

I was following instructions on the following site on how to get my desktop set up properly
http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfec...tu-8.04-lts-p4
I was on page page 3
http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfec...tu-8.04-lts-p3
I marked all the apps listed on the page and synaptic got stuck during the install of the apps. I am using the version of Kubuntu that has KDE 4. The last 3 lines of synaptic say:

Setting up sun-java6-source (6-06-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

it has been this way for 2 hours now and is still running, I have not stopped it from running or closed the application. Any help on what to do next would be appreciated.
Thanks

[Snowhog]

Re: synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

Open a console and type:

sudo killall synaptic

The problem (in KDE 4.1) with Synaptic (IMHO) is that it doesn't actually close when it is finished. I was having this problem and decided to uninstall Synaptic (did so today).

The console command will kill/stop Synaptic. Then, to ensure that everything is in fact properly installed, type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install
sudo apt-get autoclean

[in10city]

Re: synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

Hey man,
Thanks for the help, your instructions worked great. I think now I also am going to uninstall synaptic.

[Snowhog]

Re: synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

Glad to have been of assistance.

If you have not already uninstalled Synaptic, you can try (something I didn't) checking the box to have Synaptic close after installation and see if if then closes after a package is installed.

[magic-chef]

Re: synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

I've already tried checking the box...did not work! Synaptic freezes earlier on my system.

Thanks for the input my question is answered and I am removing the offending program.

[Snowhog]

Re: synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

You're welcome for any assistance I may have been able to provide. If you are satisfied, it will be helpful to others if you return to the first post in this thread and click the modify button and add SOLVED to the subject line.

[magic-chef]

Re: synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

I did not start the thread. Should this be left to in10city?

[Snowhog]

Re: synaptic seems to be locked up during install of new apps.

Sorry! Yes, the originator of the thread should decide if/when to mark it solved.