[SOLVED] Unknown error

[augie2051]

I was trying to instal the video converter identified in the how to guide and received the following error. Dont know what i did wrong or better yet how to correct???
This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.

[halitech]

which video converter were you trying to install?

also, open a terminal and do

sudo apt-get updatethen

sudo apt-get install -f
this will fix any broken packages

[augie2051]

winrff i believe. I tired what you said and this is the output:
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?

[augie2051]

This is what i was doing:
Copy and paste the following command into the terminal to add the new WinFF repository:

echo "deb http://winff.org/ubuntu intrepid universe" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winff.list

This second command will merely install something called a GPG Key, so will not need editing by anyone:

wget --quiet --output-document=- "http://winff.org/ubuntu/AAFE086A.gpg" | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

Finally, execute the command below to install the applications needed for video conversion and editing:

sudo apt-get install avidemux ffmpeg winff

[halitech]

you could try adding it manually in your sources.list file

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
then save the file
then run
wget http://winff.org/ubuntu/AAFE086A.gpg

sudo apt-key add -&& sudo apt-get update

also make sure you don't have Synaptic running at the same time

[augie2051]

I'm going to try and installing the way you said. however i just ran this as sudo and fixed my earlier problem do you know what it means and what i did? dpkg --configure -a

[augie2051]

I think ive found the problem when downloading "Configuring sun-java6-bin" my computer battery ran out and turned off. When i restarted it was trying to find the file. No i have this screen and i cant seem to go forward from here to finish the download. it looks much like a user agreement from a windows program. there is an ok spot at the bottom but i cant seem to click on it or advance from there to finish the download

[oldos2er]

Use the Tab key to highlight "ok" ( in the Java EULA), then press Enter.

[augie2051]

Problem solved thanks