problem installing limewire

[white pony]

i tried to install Limewire and the first time the installer froze so i rebooted my comp. then the second time i tried to install i keep getting this message "only one software management tool is allowed to run at a time." there are no other programs running on my comp when this happens. help please.

[Partyboi2]

Open up System Monitor (System>Admin>System Monitor) and check if any package manager is running. If there is right click on it and choose to kill process.

[white pony]

theres no package managers running. turns out i cant install anything. it brings up the same error every time.

[Partyboi2]

Ok, try removing the lock file, open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and type

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

[white pony]

i entered the code, but i still get the same error. If it is any consolation, the installer was stopped while doing something with java.

[Partyboi2]

ok try

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[white pony]

i don't know if it is supposed to do this, but the terminal is taking a very long time to execute the command you specified. It is saying "Setting up java-common (0.28ubuntu3) ..." and not doing anything else.

[white pony]

it took a while but it works now. thank you.