Problem Installing google-chrome-stable

[O. Sinclair]

On 10/26/2013 07:02 AM, Ramesh Rao wrote:
> I am  on Kubuntu 11.10. While trying to upgrade google-chrome-stable,
> accidentally I   happen to delete  the existing version. On subsequent
> install of latest stable version, i repeatedly get following error message:
>
> ============================================
> "Unable to obtain package sys...
>
>      Another application seems to be using the package system at this time.
>     You must close all  other package managers before you will be able to
>     install or remove any packages."
> ============================================
>
> I have rebooted the system but same message appears. Perhaps a runway
> package manager process is still running.
>
> How do I kill the old, offending package manager process? What would be
> the exact process name?
>
> I could perhaps use "System Monitor" to identify the process and the
> perhaps kill it - if only I know the process name.
>
from Konsole commandline try with
apt-get install google-chrome-stable
and see what error message you get. Likely you have a file that is 
locked due to some failed installation.

Delete that file and try again

Regards
Sinclair