dependency problems

[O. Sinclair]

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On 24/11/2014 16:33, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> (2014/11/24 23:18), Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:56:34 +0900 Thomas Blasejewicz
>> <nyuwa at hb.tp1.jp> wrote:
>>> Where should I look / do something to get this thing back on
>>> track?
>> Run
>> 
>> cat /etc/apt/sources.list
>> 
>> to ensure that all needed repositories are enabled.
>> 
>> Backup your install and then run
>> 
>> sudo -i apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade
>> 
>> instead of apt-get upgrade to resolve dependency issues. Don't
>> worry, dist-upgrade isn't a release update, it's an upgrade
>> within the release you're using, that can resolve some kinds of
>> dependency issues.
>> 
> Thank you .. but that does not seem to work ...: Probably I am
> missing something important. (please use "plain" English, since I
> do not really follow the computer jargon ...)
> 
> 
> nyuwa at spirit:~$ cat /etc/apt.sources.list cat:
> /etc/apt.sources.list: No such file or directory nyuwa at spirit:~$
> /etc/apt.sources.list bash: /etc/apt.sources.list: No such file or
> directory nyuwa at spirit:~$ sudo -i [sudo] password for nyuwa: 
> root at spirit:~# apt-get update E: Could not get lock
> /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily
> unavailable) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ 
> root at spirit:~#
> 
> 
it should be cat /etc/apt/sources.list not
cat /etc/apt.sources.list
and try
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/list/lock and then do
sudo -i
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

following that
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