another adept problem

[benner]

it was 2% into installing java, froze, i closed it (from the dropdown menu) and now when i try to open adept again i can't do it as root:

"You will not be able to change your system settings in any way (install, remove or upgrade software), because another process is using the packaging system database (probably some other Adept application or apt-get or aptitude). Please close the other application before using this one."

when i used apt-get update or when i tried to reinstall adept again from apt-get, i got:

"E: 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?"

suggestions? after i fix this, should i switch to synaptic? is there another, better package manager? thanks in advance.

-benner

[Fenyx]

Re: another adept problem

Try this:

Open up Konsole and type this in:

sudo killall adept
sudo dpkg --configure -a

Hope that helps.

[benner]

Re: another adept problem

here's what happened:

"ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo killall adept
adept: no process killed
ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: status database area is locked by another process"

[Fenyx]

Re: another adept problem

how about

sudo killall apt-get

?

To see which process is hogging dpkg, press Ctrl+Esc and look for either apt-get or adept or something similar (except adept-notifier, leave that little guy alone). once you get the name, kill it from the command line with the sudo killall command. Then run sudo dpkg --configure -a again.

[benner]

Re: another adept problem

that did it. thanks. ctl+esc very handy.

[Fenyx]

Re: another adept problem

Ok, have fun!

[kubicle]

Re: another adept problem

it was 2% into installing java, froze, i closed it (from the dropdown menu) and now when i try to open adept again i can't do it as root:

Were you trying to install Sun's java?

If so, you can't install it with adept, as adept can't show you the license agreement you need to accept...install with apt-get, aptitude or synaptic.