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> Patricia Wilson wrote:<br>
> > When I try to use adept_manager to do the upgrade to 9.04 I get<br>
> an error<br>
> > message -- Unable to get exclusive lock<br>
> > With detail --<br>
> > This usually means that another package management application (like<br>
> > apt-get or aptitude) already running. Please close that<br>
> application first.<br>
> ><br>
> > I had the system go down during a prior attempt to do the upgrade and<br>
> > suspect that there may be a lock file somewhere that didn't get<br>
> cleaned<br>
> > up. Can anyone help me find that/those lockfile(s)?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Try<br>
><br>
> sudo dpkg --configure -a<br>
><br>
> or<br>
><br>
> sudo apt-get install -f<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
</div><div> > I tried both and am still getting the same error.<br>
<br>
</div>Have you exited Adept or Synaptic or whatever when you do this?<br>
<br>
Note: please bottom post,(meaning write your reply below the quotes). I<br>
have to rearrange your messages so others can get some sense of the<br>
messages.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
</font></blockquote><div>Yes, I just tried running both after a reboot and I still get the lock error from adept_manager. I am running adept_manager from the command line and get a lot of messages in the terminal window but none seem relevant to this issue. Also, I am running from gnome not KDE.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Patricia Wilson<br>Apache Junction, AZ<br>Member NRA, ARRL<br>WB8DXX<br><br>