On Mon, 2012-01-02 at 16:23 -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > On 01/02/2012 11:42 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * On 2012 02 Jan 13:12 -0600, Doug wrote: > >> Using Debian 6 and trying to load the lib type files and this is > >> what I get. Not sure > >> why and how to overcome it. the dpkg/lock file is empty. Can anyone > >> tell me what I > >> have missed or how I can fix this. > >> > >> > >> root@ve5da:~# apt-get install libncurses5-dev -y > >> E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource > >> temporarily unavailable) > >> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is > >> another process using it? > >> root@ve5da:~# > > Either another dpkg process is still running (ps ax | grep dpkg) or the > > lockfile was left behind when an instance of dpkg or apt-get crashed/was > > killed. If there is no dpkg or apt-get process running, it's probably > > safe to delete the lockfile and try again. The fact that the message > > indicates the lockfile is open leads me to think that a running process > > is still holding it open. > > > > 73, de Nate>> > > > > Also, you need to be root to use apt. > > 73 & gl om > > -- > > wishing you well > Jaye, ke6sls--via the acer w/thunderchicken3 Looks like Nate is root. maybe check whether there is another dpkg process running? $ ps auwx | grep dpkg
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