[RESOLVED] KPackage Kit cannot get lock - so no updates.

[roj]

Running Kubuntu 10.10 quite successfully to a point, but with still a few annoying glitches and the occasional crash, together with complicated requests for 'bug reports' that are ignored as being beyond my ability. For example when I come to update my software using KPackage Kit, I get an error message saying "Cannot get the exclusive lock on the packaging backend. Please close any other legacy packaging tools that may be open. Details: Unable to lock list directory." I do not understand this message and I've tried running it from a cold start as both user and root, with no other app. running - to my humble knowledge. But it still produces the same message. Any thoughts and advice please? And my thanks in advance to any and all responders.

[vinnywright]

Re: KPackage Kit cannot get lock - so no updates.

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

should get rid of the lock ......but this is a symptom of a install or update that did not finish properly so after doing this I would run

sudo apt-get -f install

and see what it spits out.

VINNY

[Linkmaster]

Re: KPackage Kit cannot get lock - so no updates.

I recall having this problem myself when I first installed 10.10, and what vinnywright wrote did the trick. Also, what I've noticed works well if KPackageKit is not working at optimal performance, just punch these into Konsole[found by alt+F2 or by going into the system folder, just if in case]

sudo apt-get update

to collect the updates, then

sudo apt-get upgrade

to install the updates you collected.

Hope that helps you out!

[roj]

Re: KPackage Kit cannot get lock - so no updates. [SOLVED]

Many thanks to Linkmaster and vinnywright. Everything appears to be ticketyboo now. Regards.