Ubuntu software center

[Holdolin]

from the last line in that output, it looks like there may be another package manager running.

[Oinkzter]

Hi

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?

Do you currently have update-manager or software-center currently open ?

If you do then close it and re-run the command again.

If neither are open then this may be your problem so post back and say so.

Kind regards

they are not open, and know i i try to open ubuntu software center nothing happens, its just blank.

[matt_symes]

Hi

From the terminal, type this command

lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Does it return anything ? Post back results.

Kind regards

[Ownager]

they are not open, and know i i try to open ubuntu software center nothing happens, its just blank.

Hello, can you please post a screenshot of your desktop include your terminal here? We will be able to see what's wrong with that situation. Thanks a lot.

[speedwlk]

Hi!
I have seen a similar problem before. In that situation, one of the software sources was set as the Ubuntu CD, so that - while checking for updates the system kept waiting for the cd.


I am not sure whether you have the same problem, but please try the following.

Go to "Software Sources" [should be available under "System Settings"]
If the Ubuntu 11.10 CD is marked as a source, uncheck the corresponding box and reboot the system.
Then do "sudo apt-get update" followed by "sudo apt-get upgrade" from the terminal.


Please note that if the CD is not marked as a source then your problem is different from what I have just mentioned.

Good Luck!

[Oinkzter]

Hi

From the terminal, type this command

lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Does it return anything ? Post back results.

Kind regards

that brings up nothing

[Oinkzter]

Hi!
I have seen a similar problem before. In that situation, one of the software sources was set as the Ubuntu CD, so that - while checking for updates the system kept waiting for the cd.


I am not sure whether you have the same problem, but please try the following.

Go to "Software Sources" [should be available under "System Settings"]
If the Ubuntu 11.10 CD is marked as a source, uncheck the corresponding box and reboot the system.
Then do "sudo apt-get update" followed by "sudo apt-get upgrade" from the terminal.


Please note that if the CD is not marked as a source then your problem is different from what I have just mentioned.

Good Luck!

the CD is not marked and never has been

[Oinkzter]

Hello, can you please post a screenshot of your desktop include your terminal here? We will be able to see what's wrong with that situation. Thanks a lot.

this was fixed after a reeboot

[matt_symes]

Hi

that brings up nothing

Try this

ps aux | egrep "update-manager|software-center|apt|dpkg|synaptic"

You can copy and paste it from this post into the terminal to make it easier.

Please paste back the results.

I assume you are still get that same error (locked file) after sudo apt-get update ? Run that command again just to be sure.

Kind regards

[matt_symes]

Hi

this was fixed after a reeboot

I'm glad it's fixed

Something had a lock on dpkg. A reboot will often help but it would have been nice to see what was locking it just in case the problem survived reboots.

Kind regards