error

[Michael V. De Palatis]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 06:37:20PM -0400, bill biggs wrote:
> I'm trying to run my package manger and I get this error 
> 
> Unable to get exclusive lock
> 
> This usually means that another package management application (like
> apt-get or aptitude) already running. Please close that application
> first.

Okay. Try following the advice?

Really, is there some abnormal problem here? That almost only happens
if there is, indeed, another apt process running.

Mike