adept in read only mode

[Simon Taplin]

>>> Then try it again.
>> Nope, still locked, any other ideas?
>>
>> Simon
> If you use apt-get or synaptic, are they also locked?  i.e. can you determine 
> if the problem is with the apt mechanism or just the adept front end?
> 
> Carl W.

Looks like it was dpkg/apt-get that was causing the lock (installing the 
mstcorefonts. Tried to do an apt-get install package and apt-get 
complained, said I needed to run sudo dpkg --configure -a.

Thanks
Simon