Update Problem Help needed

[Karl Goetz]

Farid Ansari wrote:
> Hi Karl,
> I tried it after 3 hours but still got the same message. Right clicked
> the small icon on the taskbar and said quit. Still unable to add-remove
> programmes cause some other system is working.
> Farid
> 

Hi mate,

i'd like you to open a terminal (konsole) and run `lsof |grep lock` and
include the output in an email to us :)

do you have a konsole open with apt running? that could cause a problem.
kk

> On 7/22/07, *Karl Goetz* <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net
> <mailto:kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Farid Ansari wrote:
>     > I installed the Kubuntu 7.10 Beta and last night gor the updates
>     which
>     > were about 350 mb. The updates installed smoothly.
>     > This morning when I started Kubuntu I got the message that there
>     were 48
>     > more updates available. When I clicked the get updates notification it
>     > did not start the update and the following message was displayed:-
>     >
>     >                                    Datebase Locked- Adept Updater
>     >
>     >          Another process is using the packaging system ( probably
>     some
>     > other Adept application or apt-get or aptitude ).
>     >          Please close the other applications before using this one.
>     >
>     > I do not know what pther applicaton is running and how to close it.
>     > Please someone advise because the required updates include Firefox and
>     > Thunderbird Mail which I desperately need.
>     >
>     > As I am a newbie I would appreciate detailed commands for shutting
>     down
>     > the applications.
>     >
>     > Thanks for the help.
>     >
>     > Farid Ansari
>     > Karachi, Pakistan
>     >
>     >
> 
>     leave it 15 minutes, and try again.
>     kk
> 


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