kind of stuck here. my add and remove programs and adept program is telling me that i can not add, remove, or change anything on the computer as another program or something is using it. how can i fix this? i have closed and stopped everything i can think of and have rebooted the system several times yet it still remains locked.
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
Here’s a bunch of commands people use to fix these things:
Close all windows that have anything to do with installing packages, open your Konsole, and enter
sudo dpkg --configure -a
then, one at a time
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-setup
If you were to pick just one to run, you might try
sudo apt-get -f install
Some folks run them all, one at a time, of course.
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
I tried all of those steps and still get "Another process is using the packaging system database (probably some other Adept application or apt-get or aptitude). Please close the other application before using this one." Is there any other commands or options i can use
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
I don't know. Those are the only ones I've used.
You might try re-starting your PC--that sometimes does the trick.
Wait for others to pitch in here . . .An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles BukowskiComment
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
Brute force method:
Open a konsole and type, one at a time, the following:
Code:sudo killall adept_notifier
Reboot and retry Adept Manager.Code:sudo killall adept
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
Unfortunately that doesn't work either. I get the reply "nothing killed. and still get "Another process is using the packaging system database (probably some other Adept application or apt-get or aptitude). Please close the other application before using this one."Comment
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
Attempt the killall with these two. If neither of the first two were running, then these are the next candidates.Originally posted by rickmartUsing Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
Would you give the sudo dpkg --configure -a command (in konsole) another shot. I've never known it to fail. If it does work, go through the commands as posted by Qqmike in his earlier post one at a time. I can't think why they won't work.
Then again, there's a lot of things I can't think about.
I wish I was the man my dog thinks I am.<br /><br />Registered Linux User No. 402825Comment
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Re: add & remove Programs and adept is locked up
great, thank you it worked this timeComment
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