pidgin

[Verde Denim]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Leonard Chatagnier
<lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
> --- Allen Meyers <chef11994 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Pidgin cease to load so I un-installed in SPM, but
> > before attemptin to re-install I went to their home
> > page. It gave me 2 terminal options and I tried them
> > both without success, but I discovered what could be
> > my problem.
> >
> > I intered  apt-get build-dep gaim as well as apt-get
> > build-dep pidgin
> > Both times I received the following
> > E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock -
> > open (13 Permission denied)
> > E: Unable to lock the administration directory
> > (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
> > allen at allen-laptop:~$
> > I also tried sudo apt-get install pidgin
> > with same results
> > Could someone direct me on how to get back to pidgin
> > with a fresh install and unlocking whatever needs
> > unlocking/
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> Not refuting anything anybody else has said but if
> you, in fact, have a locked file in /var/lib/dpkg/, cd
> to that dir and remove/delete the lock file using
> sudo.
>

i just noticed that the two commands are different. You ran apt-get
build-dep pidgin but chose sudo apt-get install pidgin. Was that a typo?
Usually you'll get a slightly different "lock error" message if you try
something which requires sudo-er or root privilege. But if you sudo apt-get
remove with the 'force' option (can't recall off the top of my head which
that is, maybe -f), it should clean it out so you can do a clean re-install.

Jack
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