Update error

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net> wrote:

> From: Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net>
> Subject: Update error
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 10:52 AM
> Hello,
> 
> I ran the update process today on Hardy Heron, and after
> downloading I 
> was informed that the updates were unable to complete
> because the "dpkg: 
> status database area is locked by another process".
> 
> Anyone know how to recover from this?
> 
> Later, Ray Parrish
> 
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> 
Not withstanding the other reply which is correct, if your
sure you don't have another dpkg process running which you
can find by looking in your panel on console or by lsof then
just rm the lock file and your ready to go without rebooting.
rming the lock file will just about work in any case FTM.

BTW, in your post about promiscuous mode there are a hundred
or so google hits on the subject; the second of which probably
answers you question.  I know you know about googling.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net


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