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theswiffervac
October 15th, 2009, 04:33 AM
i am trying to install postfix, but whenever i run the command:

sudo apt-get install postfixThis is what i get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-numeric libsdl-mixer1.2
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
procmail postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-pcre sasl2-bin
resolvconf postfix-cdb
The following NEW packages will be installed:
postfix
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
8 not fully installed or removed.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
am i entering the wrong command? please help.

benjabean1
October 19th, 2009, 06:12 AM
This has happened to me before too. Try re-booting.