(solved) Adept not working after attempting to install KDE4 apps

[Uber Nooblett]

All I get when I try to start Adept now is this:

"Another Process is using the packaging system database (probably some other Adept application or apt-get or aptitude).

Would you like to attempt to resolve this problem? No will enter read-only mode and cancel to quit and resolve this issue yourself."

When I hit Yes, Adept crashes.
There are none of the mentioned programs running and I have restarted and still no joy.
Any ideas?

JJ x

Edit: Solved: ran dpkg --configure -a

[Snowhog]

Re: Adept not working after attempting to install KDE4 apps

Open a console and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install

[Uber Nooblett]

Re: (solved) Adept not working after attempting to install KDE4 apps

tah

[Snowhog]

Re: (solved) Adept not working after attempting to install KDE4 apps

Keep those commands handy. When Adept reports errors, these generally will fix the problem.