synaptic package manager froze

[Darkishjace]

K so here i sit with synaptic stuck at the same spot on the loading bar after successfully installing

lubuntu-restricted-extras

(finally) as my first package and then moving on to install the broadcom package

bcwml-kernel-source

the reason i decided to install this package is because i was informed that my netgear wifi usb stick would in fact be recognized as soon as it happened to be installed i think this is the 6th time ive re-installed lubuntu on my flash drive over the last 5 days underneath the loading bar it says

running post-installation trigger initramfs-tools.

in the dialog box the last two things to happen in it happened to be:

cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of overlayfs.
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /ect/fstab

thank you in advance

[carl4926]

I would close it and try doing

sudo apt-get update

Report any strange feedback

[Darkishjace]

when i try and press [close window] on both synaptic package manager and applying changes it happens to not close them

[carl4926]

Open a terminal and run: top

Look for the PID on the left side for synaptic - Eg; It might be 1330, just an example

to kill it

sudo kill -9 1330

[Darkishjace]

k so when i did that it made changes applied say changes successfully applied you may close window now.
does it mean it was fixed

[Darkishjace]

oh nvm the next thing to pop up was this
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?
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
also im not clear if that is the reason the usb wifistick isnt working just yet or if it had happend to get to the point where it would show results

[schragge]

This error usually means that either two applications are simultaneously trying to access package management database (e.g. doing sudo apt-get update while synaptic is running) or you have not enough permissions to do it (e.g. running apt-get update without sudo). It has nothing to do with Wi-Fi not working.

Does pgrep synaptic show you anything?

[Darkishjace]

i dont know what pgrep synaptic is could you explain please also i restarted my computer and ran

sudo apt-get update

and it ran till it seemed finished and it now says

E: dkpg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

[Darkishjace]

also when i try and run synaptic package manager this comes up in the dialog

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

[schragge]

In a terminal window, try

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo dpkg --configure -a

PS. pgrep synaptic is a console command that shows all running instances of synaptic. You don't need it after reboot.