Ubuntu :: 'Unable To Get Exclusive Lock'
May 25, 2010
i have consistently had one problem since i started using ubuntu a couple of days ago, when i try to install or update anything i get the error message 'unable to get exclusive lock'. It says that this probobally means that another software management program is running however using system monitor none are apparent. I am currently trying to use the update manager however i was having the same problem while installing flash player yesterday.
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May 7, 2010
I know its been a few years since this post was made but, im having the same problem as guts and glory. So i did the things you said and it still says "status database area is locked by another process"
After i wrote 'sudo apt-get clean all' it didnt say anything but /home/user/
All i want to do is to enable desktop mode. So i can then install programs like vlc media player for watching movies
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ok i don't know where the rest of the post went?! So when i type in 'sudo synaptic' i get a error saying "Unable to get exclusive lock - This usually means that another package management application (like apt-get or aptitude) already running. Please close that application first."
And when i type "sudo dpkg --configure -a" i get "dpkg: status database area is locked by another process"
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Jul 9, 2010
I recently tried to upgrade to 10.04 but during the upgrade my powerpack failed. Now 10.04 has been installed but I cannot access Synaptic through the drop down menu it says "Unable to get an exclusive lock". I've tried accessing it through Terminal which works but then the only option I have is to Partial Upgrade but then that freezes at the first stage saying the old database can't access the new (or something along those lines) then that screen just remains there. Also when I minimise any windows I have open they don't appear at the bottom of the screen I have to go to multi screen to find them.
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Jan 15, 2010
" p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }Cannot get the exclusive lock on the packaging backend. Please close any other legacy packaging tools that may be open." I cannot update anything, and I haven't opened another package downloader. The only one open is KpackageKit. Please help, is this a big or have a I got a virus or something? I don't know what information is needed so if I need to expand tell me what I need to retrieve and ill post it.I'm not good with Kubuntu problems.
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Jan 11, 2011
So I was trying to run this: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade.But then it stopped working in the terminal, so i got this:E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?So then I ran this: sudo fuser -cuk /var/lib/dpkg/lock; sudo rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/lock..Which blanked my screen. I booted to a terminal and I ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade.All my files are there, I ran -ls. Any advice as to how to log on graphically again?Also-when I turn on the computer, it says the screen graphics card and the like were not detected properly.
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Mar 21, 2011
On my freshly installed 64bit ubuntu i keep getting this error:
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/)
whats going on?
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Feb 25, 2010
I am currently new to ubuntu. I would like to install jdk 6 in ubuntu. I've tried to install using this command: sudo apt-get instal. But in the end, I only got this result:
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?
I've tried many times and still it doesn't works.
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Jan 23, 2011
red minus sign next to internet and following states..... E: Type 'cat' is not known on line 45 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list E: Unable to lock the list directory
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Aug 10, 2011
Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/
Whenever I use sudo apt-get to install my apps in the terminal this pops up when its almost done downloading.
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Aug 8, 2011
I'm using Fedora 15 with Gnome 3 on my laptop. I don't restart the system unless there's an update that requires me to, preferring to use the Suspend feature instead. However, I noticed that after an uptime of a few days, the screen doesn't lock anymore. Neither the shortcut 'Ctrl+Alt+L', nor the terminal command 'gnome-screensaver-command --lock' seem to work. I'm sure restarting the system will enable me to lock again, but I don't think I should restart just to get this feature back.
Does anyone know why this happens? Is there some other way to lock the screen?
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Jan 20, 2010
On my windows console, i have installed sun virtualbox. I only have 768MB ram and so i downloaded a trial version of eboostr. I thought it would work, but when i tried an install of 11.2, also, i tried a debian install, it did the same thing, it froze up in the middle of the install with the error Code: unable to allocate and lock memory. I guess that eboostr doesn't work, but is there a way to use a flash drive as ram in virtual box?
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Mar 25, 2010
When i connect windows server 2003 from ubuntu these error displayed .When i installing the tsclient, by executing these following command from a Terminal window:
sudo apt-get install tsclient
When i run these command the following error displayed.
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?
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Sep 14, 2010
I have a HP Pavilion dv4 that is 4 months old. Yesterday it suddenly seemed to restart then once I logged in it turned off. When I tried to turn it on some of the lights came on and the caps lock and num lock started flashing. Since then I have not been able to get it to work correctly.It once seemed to turn on but died again after the login window.I tried to use my live cd but the same thing happened. It started loading once, but then shut down again. Every other time it stayed dead minus the lights
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Jun 12, 2011
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 on an old Sony Vaio laptop. I was following some of the steps here..[url]
The step "Enable Full DVD Playback(Dual Layer DVD Support)" did not finish correctly doh and now I can't use 'sudo apt-get' for anything or the software center or using the 'Update Manager' does not work.
The update manger says it may be caused by an update not finishing correctly which sounds correct as explained above. The apt-get command gives me back the following....'Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock resource temporarily unavailable' 'unable to lock administration directory /var/lib/dpkg is another process using it?'
I tried the obvious restart but that hasn't worked.
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Feb 25, 2010
my problem is the terminal:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) , are you root?
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Apr 3, 2010
I have pidgin2.5.2. I want to install pidgin2.6.6.How can I do that?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?
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May 2, 2010
There is a very strange problem I've been having. When I enable either Caps Lock or Num Lock the media controls on my keyboard cease to work. I have Googled this one to death but found nothing. This problem existed in Xubuntu 9.10 and now still exists in Xubuntu 10.04. The keyboard I use is a Logitech Elite Keyboard. I would love to be able to use the Caps Lock and Num Lock without the worry that I am disabling the media controls
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May 27, 2010
I have just burned the latest CD using infraRecorder, as per the instructions on this site, however when I boot from this CD, it spends about 5 minutes moving the red balls across my screen, then all of the sudden it just freezes, and my caps and scroll lock lights start to blink. I've had a look in the forums already but there's nothing about this happening on Boot of the live CD.
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Jun 23, 2010
I'm wondering why the num lock doesn't work in Ubuntu anymore? When you press the "num lock" key, you're supposed to be able to input the numbers along with + - * / and decimal point. When I press num lock and try typing numbers, nothing happens.
I've done a google search and this is a well known problem that nobody has fixed. In Windows it's never a problem.
Seems such a shame that the great Ubuntu and Linux are so good for stability and speed, but can't get a simple num lock working.
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Oct 31, 2010
I am having a very annoying problem with my laptop.I am experiencing many freezes.When my laptop freezes, it shows the caps lock and scroll lock lights blinking.At first I thought it was a problem with flash (here is original thread: URL... )In the original thread, I thought the freeze's were being caused by the flashplayer, but it apparently isn't the case.The last time I experienced the freeze, I was playing around with the compiz desktop effects.
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Nov 18, 2010
I have been working with F13 since last summer and Kontact/Akonadi worked fine all this time. Two weeks ago, more or less, Akonadi started to crash every time I tried to start it. Therefore I can use Kmail but without geting access to my contacts, since I put them on a resource controlled by Akonadi.
Just now I have updated a lot of KDE modules, include Akonadi, but the result is the same. Hereafter you will find the entire akonadi-selftest-report:[URL]..
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May 9, 2011
i tried to remove urbanterror with
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pacman -R urbanterror
and there was an error that said
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error: failed to init transaction(unable to lock database)if you're sure a package manager is not already running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck and there was the same error when i try to install a package. I recently did a full system update could that be the problem?
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Nov 22, 2010
I just downloaded OpenOffice 3.2.1 from the openoffice.org weebsite. I followed the instructions precisely and everytime ended up in the same error message - 'error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (Permission denied)'. I am using Fedora 13.
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Aug 16, 2010
Lately I sometimes get the error message:
Code:
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
when I try to update. I get this using both the Update Manager or using
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
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May 30, 2010
I tried install Gimp, but received: "Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?". I saw the article "Sticky: Using sudo in place of root login in Ubuntu" and guess it's relevant. And when I extract Blender it's just a bunch of inactive files. Not quitting although having trouble at the moment.
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Apr 5, 2010
When i log in as root, and try to click the lock screen button, lock screen doesnt work? Is it disabled by default?is there anyway to lock screen when logged in as root
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Oct 13, 2010
Can I change the Caps Lock key to Control and still keep the on/off nature of Caps Lock? I've checked into using xmodmap and seem to have hit a dead end. Many people want to swap them, but they also want to swap the way they work. I'd rather keep my new Control key as an on/off switch for Control.
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Jan 3, 2010
I have experienced that the button in my main menu "Lock Screen" does nothing, so I can not lock my screen. What could be the problem? Is there any command in terminal what I could write, so I can see is there an error output or something?
I am using Ubuntu 9.10, GNOME.
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Jan 15, 2010
I'm trying to use 'gnome-screensaver-command --lock' to lock my computer so that when my girl is on it I can **** her off
I can run the command from the terminal and it works just fine, but when I ssh into my computer and try to do it, I get the error
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** Message: Failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: /bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. It'd be nice to be able to lock my screen from wherever.
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Mar 14, 2010
Every once in a while I have noticed in the the morning that the computer is hard locked, meaning what ever was on the screen is still there (or just blank for screen saver), the machine is inaccessible over the network, and there is no kernel panic message in the logs.
This last time around my brother was logged in and he had the screen saver turned off, so I could see the exact time the clock stopped updating, and it read 7:00am. The var/log/messages log lists its last mark at 6:59:29.
A thought came to my mind the other month to check power stability because both my router and my network switch had a history of doing odd things even though I was using a line conditioner. After replacing the line conditioner with an APC Back-UPS XS 1500, both the network switch and the router have been perfectly behaved, but after a few weeks of continuous up time my Ubuntu system hard locked again and I don't know why.
Here are some hardware details:
m/b: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
CPU: Intel 940
RAM: 12 GB @ 1066 MHz actual (1333 MHz rated, but can't do with banks fully populated.)
RAID: 3ware 9650 SATA-II 8-port w/ battery backup
Video: PNY nVidia 260 GTX core 216 based card with 896 MBs RAM.
P/S: Seasonic S12 650W (80Plus certified)
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