Doesnt update properly.

[noveus]

This is the what went wrong. Please help me out, and thanks for your help

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 103, in _process_transaction
self.commit_packages(**self.trans.kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 146, in commit_packages
self._commit_changes()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 429, in _commit_changes
self._cache.commit(fetch_progress, inst_progress)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 311, in commit
res = self._fetchArchives(fetcher, pm)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 234, in _fetchArchives
raise LockFailedException("Failed to lock %s" % lockfile)
LockFailedException: Failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

[ermeyers]

What was the command, and were you root at the time? Did you sudo?