On Thursday 17 September 2009 11:37:03 Guy Marcenac wrote: > > chance then to kill aptitude. I wouldn't worry to much about > > inconsistencies, since you already have them now. Just kill it and > > try > > I'll be waiting for any other idea, but It seems I will have no other > choice left. Just kill it already. :-) If you just send a SIGTERM it should even die gracefully. If that does not work send a SIGKILL. BTW: Please don't CC me.