KPK error

[rosimic]

When i try to update bux fix or install something, i get this message:

"Cannot get the exclusive lock on the packaging backend.
Please close any other legacy packaging tools that may be open.

Details

Only use one package management programme at the same time."

Can someone help me?

[dibl]

Re: KPK error

That is actually one of the more literal error messages you'll see from Linux. You cannot have more than a single package management tool accessing the dpkg system at a given time. There is a lock file at /var/lib/dpkg/ that attempts to prevent a second access to the dpkg system. Once in awhile some mishap can cause the lock file not to be released when the system goes down, and that also can be a cause of trouble. So, you have two possibilities:

1. Close all running packages, especially including any package management GUI tool such as kpackagkit, adept, or synaptic, then open a Konsole terminal window and issue:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

was there an error message? If not, you are done. If there is an error something like

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open

then:

2.

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock*

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

[rosimic]

Re: KPK error

thanks for the help!