Won't let me install things.

[Switched]

Hi everyone,
Every time I try to install things it comes up "Only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time." I don't understand why it is saying this when I don't have anything else running. Could someone help me out?

[tech0007]

Check if cron is running apt-get.

'ps aux | grep apt'

If it does, do

'sudo killall apt-get'

[forger]

it might be the update-manager doing a background check

[Switched]

Check if cron is running apt-get.

'ps aux | grep apt'

If it does, do

'sudo killall apt-get'

I tried that it didn't do anything.

I also checked to see if the update manager was running... I didn't see it on the list.

[tech0007]

Try installing programs using the terminal

'sudo apt-get update'
'sudo apt-get [nameofprogram]'

it will spillout more specific details about the error.

[Switched]

Ok when I did 'sudo apt-get update' it went through a big list at the end it said
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. "
So I did 'dpkg --configure -a' which gave me this.
"dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege"
Which really confused me since I am the only user on this computer.

[perlluver]

Ok when I did 'sudo apt-get update' it went through a big list at the end it said
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. "
So I did 'dpkg --configure -a' which gave me this.
"dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege"
Which really confused me since I am the only user on this computer.

Run
sudo dpkg --configure -a that should take care of it.

[tech0007]

try 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'

[jerome1232]

Ok when I did 'sudo apt-get update' it went through a big list at the end it said
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. "
So I did 'dpkg --configure -a' which gave me this.
"dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege"
Which really confused me since I am the only user on this computer.
You need to run as root to give yourself escalated privileges. 'sudo' temporarily escalates you to root.

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Switched]

Ok I did sudo dpkg --configure -a and I can install things! Thank you all for the help. :)