Add/Remove... Does not work

[LobbyDizzle]

I tried to install Vuze, and the installation crashed a bit through, I delete all of the folders where Vuze and Azureus existed. Now, when I try to install anything from Add/Remove..., I click the check box and I get the error message,

Cannot install '3dchess'

This application conflicts with other installed software. To install '3dchess' the conflicting software must be removed first.

Switch to the 'synaptic' package manager to resolve this conflict.

This really really sucks.

[taurus]

Close add/remove or synaptic. Then, open a terminal and run

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[LobbyDizzle]

That looked promising, but I still get the same error, and in synaptic package manager I get the errors:


gnome-btdownload:
Depends: bittorrent (>=3.3) but it is not installable

[taurus]

Can you post your /etc/apt/sources.list?


cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[LobbyDizzle]

sure...

jared@jared-laptop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy universe multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse

[taurus]

You are running intrepid but how come you have two entries for hardy?



deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy universe multiverse

You need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
and remove those two entries. Save it and then run


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[LobbyDizzle]

That's f'en weird, but it didn't fix the problem. I'm still getting the error both in add/remove and synaptic package manager.

[taurus]

Can you post the whole outputs of those two commands?

[LobbyDizzle]

jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for jared:
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://repository.akirad.net akirad-intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://repository.akirad.net akirad-intrepid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://repository.akirad.net akirad-intrepid Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://repository.akirad.net akirad-intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done
jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jared@jared-laptop:~$

[taurus]

sudo apt-get install 3dchess

[LobbyDizzle]

jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install 3dchess
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
3dchess: Depends: xaw3dg (>= 1.5+E-1) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
jared@jared-laptop:~$

[taurus]

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list again and remove the # in front of these two lines.



deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

Save it and then run


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install 3dchess

[LobbyDizzle]

I got the same message.

[LobbyDizzle]

This is weird though, installed Thunderbird and Lightning around 2am using add/remove.

[pirate_tux]

This is weird though, installed Thunderbird and Lightning around 2am using add/remove.

Post the outpout of this:

aptitude -s install xaw3dg

[LobbyDizzle]

jared@jared-laptop:~$ aptitude -s install xaw3dg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No candidate version found for xaw3dg
No candidate version found for xaw3dg
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Would download/install/remove packages.
jared@jared-laptop:~$

[pirate_tux]

jared@jared-laptop:~$ aptitude -s install xaw3dg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No candidate version found for xaw3dg
No candidate version found for xaw3dg
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Would download/install/remove packages.
jared@jared-laptop:~$

Ok. It seems there's no current version of xaw3dg on the repositories you have on your sources.list. That's why you can't install 3dchess.

[LobbyDizzle]

Well, 3dchess isn't the only thing I can't install, I can't install anything at all...

jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install bittorrent
[sudo] password for jared:
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?

jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install vuze
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?
jared@jared-laptop:~$

and in Synaptic:

gnome-btdownload:
Depends: bittorrent (>=3.3) but it is not installable

[pirate_tux]

Well, 3dchess isn't the only thing I can't install, I can't install anything at all...

jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install bittorrent
[sudo] password for jared:
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?

jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install vuze
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?
jared@jared-laptop:~$

and in Synaptic:

gnome-btdownload:
Depends: bittorrent (>=3.3) but it is not installable

That's probably because automatic update is working...

[LobbyDizzle]

What do I do to fix that?

[pirate_tux]

What do I do to fix that?

Just wait for automatic update to terminate and then you will be able to install software.

[LobbyDizzle]

Autoupdate is not running and I still cannot install anything.

[Partyboi2]

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?
It normally means that you are trying to run a package manager when there is already one open or working. Make sure you have only one package manager open like synaptic, update manager, apt-get.
You can also open a terminal and check what processes are running by

ps -eIf there is already a package manager listed you can end it by

killall process Change process to actual name.

Edit: After you have made sure there is no package manager running open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get -f install

[LobbyDizzle]

Here's the output of the two commands other than kill:

jared@jared-laptop:~$ ps -e
PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
4 ? 00:00:01 ksoftirqd/0
5 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
6 ? 00:00:00 migration/1
7 ? 00:00:05 ksoftirqd/1
8 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/1
9 ? 00:00:00 events/0
10 ? 00:00:00 events/1
11 ? 00:00:00 khelper
51 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/0
52 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/1
54 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
55 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/1
57 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
58 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
167 ? 00:00:00 cqueue
171 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
216 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
217 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
218 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
260 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
261 ? 00:00:00 aio/1
1422 ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
1424 ? 00:00:00 khubd
1453 ? 00:00:00 khpsbpkt
1472 ? 00:00:00 ata/0
1473 ? 00:00:04 ata/1
1474 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
2263 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
2264 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
2286 ? 00:00:00 knodemgrd_0
2296 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
2302 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
2357 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
2359 ? 00:00:06 scsi_eh_4
2524 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
3047 ? 00:00:00 udevd
3414 ? 00:00:00 kmmcd
3552 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
5359 tty4 00:00:00 getty
5360 tty5 00:00:00 getty
5367 tty2 00:00:00 getty
5368 tty3 00:00:00 getty
5369 tty6 00:00:00 getty
5574 ? 00:00:00 acpid
5618 ? 00:00:00 kondemand/0
5619 ? 00:00:00 kondemand/1
5703 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
5762 ? 00:00:00 dd
5770 ? 00:00:00 klogd
5808 ? 00:00:03 dbus-daemon
5833 ? 00:00:02 avahi-daemon
5834 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
6044 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
6227 ? 00:00:00 chipcardd4
6228 ? 00:02:56 chipcardd4
6299 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
6327 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
6331 ? 00:00:23 hald
6334 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
6400 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
6449 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
6468 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-cpuf
6469 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
6503 ? 00:00:09 hald-addon-stor
6590 ? 00:00:02 NetworkManager
6610 ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
6613 ? 00:00:00 nm-system-setti
6642 ? 00:00:00 gdm
6645 ? 00:00:00 gdm
6655 tty7 00:05:35 Xorg
6719 ? 00:00:00 system-tools-ba
6769 ? 00:00:00 atd
6809 ? 00:00:00 cron
7016 tty1 00:00:00 getty
7025 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
7036 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag
7092 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
7093 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
7096 ? 00:02:15 pulseaudio
7099 ? 00:00:00 gconf-helper
7101 ? 00:00:08 gconfd-2
7107 ? 00:00:00 seahorse-agent
7110 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd
7115 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
7121 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
7125 ? 00:00:09 gnome-settings-
7126 ? 00:00:00 compiz
7190 ? 00:01:28 compiz.real
7194 ? 00:00:11 gnome-screensav
7199 ? 00:00:00 sh
7200 ? 00:00:00 compiz-decorato
7202 ? 00:00:07 gtk-window-deco
7203 ? 00:00:22 gnome-panel
7205 ? 00:00:03 nautilus
7207 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
7217 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-hal-volume
7219 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
7223 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
7226 ? 00:00:05 trashapplet
7231 ? 00:00:02 gvfsd-trash
7273 ? 00:00:09 gweather-applet
7276 ? 00:00:00 battstat-applet
7279 ? 00:00:00 fast-user-switc
7287 ? 00:00:51 conduit
7288 ? 00:00:00 python
7289 ? 00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
7297 ? 00:00:01 update-notifier
7298 ? 00:00:00 evolution-alarm
7299 ? 00:00:00 trackerd
7301 ? 00:00:00 tracker-applet
7302 ? 00:02:38 python
7303 ? 00:00:00 python
7304 ? 00:00:02 nm-applet
7305 ? 00:00:00 python
7307 ? 00:00:02 gnome-power-man
7350 ? 00:00:00 evolution-data-
7379 ? 00:00:00 evolution-excha
7415 ? 00:00:00 python
7477 ? 00:00:00 dhclient
7518 ? 00:00:03 notification-da
17643 ? 00:04:14 firefox
18505 ? 00:00:00 anacron
18718 ? 00:00:00 sh
18719 ? 00:00:00 run-parts
18730 ? 00:00:00 apt
18746 ? 00:00:00 sleep
19005 ? 00:00:00 sh <defunct>
19010 ? 00:00:00 sh
19011 ? 00:00:00 gnome-terminal
19013 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
19014 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
19032 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for jared:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jared@jared-laptop:~$

[Partyboi2]

jared@jared-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for jared:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jared@jared-laptop:~$
Looking at that you are know longer getting

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 tried using your sources.list to install gnome-btdownload but received the same dependency problem you are getting
gnome-btdownload:
Depends: bittorrent (>=3.3) but it is not installable But when I replaced the sources.list with a clean one, it installed gnome-btdownload with no problems. So what I would suggest is go here (http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/) and create a new sources.list
Then backup your current sources.list

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.brokenThen Open /etc/apt/sources.list and delete the contents and replace with the new one

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list Once you have replaced it and saved, back in the terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-btdownload 3dchess

[LobbyDizzle]

Holy ****! it work! Thank you sir, you are a saint.