[Bug 349469] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

[Morten Grøftehauge]

I got this error on Ubuntu 14.04 after the "Add printer driver"-thingie
crashed while trying to add openprinting-gutenprint.

I tried many things including the suggestions here but the solution was
to

sudo apt-get install openprinting-gutenprint --reinstall

The problem was that the program was half-installed so apt-get install
and apt-get remove both failed. So did apt-get upgrade. I found my
solution here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/245477/half-installed-
package-error

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Title:
  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
  another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

Status in Ambasa Operating System:
  New
Status in Debconf:
  New
Status in aptdaemon package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in debconf package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Upgrading packages that use debconf sometimes fail with the following
  error:

  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
  another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

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