Adept failure

[Richard S. Crawford]

On Friday 23 March 2007 07:36:50 Arthur Dyck wrote:
> I am trying to use Adept on Kubuntu Edgy and get the following error
> message:
>
> Database Locked - Adept Installer.  Another process is using the packaging
> system database (probably Adept or apt-get or aptitude).  Please close the
> other application before using this one.
>
> I don't have anything else open.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Arthur

Execute:

$ ps -aux | grep adept

to see what other Adept processes might be running, then kill those processes 
with sudo kill.  Adept can be a slippery little bugger at times, and leave a 
process running in the background, even if you don't have one running on your 
desktop.

Once you've killed the process, run:

$ sudo apt-get update

Chances are, you will get an error message; and broken adept process is liable 
to leave your apt database a bit broken.  If so, execute:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

(or whatever the previous command showed you, if anything) to clear things up.

Good luck.


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