I tried both and am still getting the same error. <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Goh Lip <<a href="mailto:g.lip@gmx.com">g.lip@gmx.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">Patricia Wilson wrote: > When I try to use adept_manager to do the upgrade to 9.04 I get an error > message -- Unable to get exclusive lock > With detail -- > This usually means that another package management application (like > apt-get or aptitude) already running. Please close that application first. > > I had the system go down during a prior attempt to do the upgrade and > suspect that there may be a lock file somewhere that didn't get cleaned > up. Can anyone help me find that/those lockfile(s)? > > </div>Try sudo dpkg --configure -a or sudo apt-get install -f -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Patricia Wilson Apache Junction, AZ Member NRA, ARRL WB8DXX