Other application using package manager (constantly)

Hi,

I'm running Kubuntu 12.10. I constantly get the error message (Muon Package Manager) that another application is using the packagesystem. When I run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' the message goes away for a while, but the next day it's back.

Is there a better solution than the above command to see if there's a different problem that's causing these conflicts?

Normally when you get that you have an apt-get open in terminal or synaptic open. If you close the other one it will work for you.
If that don't work for you!

sudo apt-get install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get purge muon
sudo apt-get install muon

This will clear the apt lists and will fix your problem!

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update

Post the output of:

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ps ax | grep apt

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