Can I ever install again?

[PCessna]

I installed LimeWire, Latest from LimeWire.com, I accidentally logged out, and nothing will install, even system stuff now. It just says its lock, and it cant lock or cant unlock.

System asked for these commands along the way:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

apt-get -f install

When trying to install:

paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
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?

When system updates try to install:
A red (-) icon comes up in top right corner in system try "An error occrued, Please run Package manager from right-click menu or apt-get in terminal to see what is wrong. The error message was: ;Error : BrokenCount > 0' This usally means that your installed packages have unment dependencies

When typing apt-get

paul@paul-desktop:~$ apt get
The program 'apt' can be found in the following packages:
 * sun-java6-jdk
 * sun-java5-jdk
 * openjdk-6-jdk
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>
bash: apt: command not found
paul@paul-desktop:~$

Please help.

[randomnote1]

paul@paul-desktop:~$ apt get

for apt-get, it looks like you fat fingered the command

paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
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?

do an

ls /var/lib/dpkg/lock

if the lock file is there, remove that and try running apt-get again

rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

[PCessna]

for apt-get, it looks like you fat fingered the command



do an

ls /var/lib/dpkg/lock

if the lock file is there, remove that and try running apt-get again

rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

paul@paul-desktop:~$ ls /var/lib/dkpg/lock
ls: cannot access /var/lib/dkpg/lock: No such file or directory
paul@paul-desktop:~$ ls /var/lib/dpkg/lock
/var/lib/dpkg/lock
paul@paul-desktop:~$ rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `/var/lib/dpkg/lock'? ^[[A^[[A^[[A
paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
[sudo] password for paul: 
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?
paul@paul-desktop:~$

[randomnote1]

that's the issue...the lock file is still there. You'll probably need to be sudo to remove the lock file

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

if that doesn't work I would recommend rebooting.

[PCessna]

that's the issue...the lock file is still there. You'll probably need to be sudo to remove the lock file

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

if that doesn't work I would recommend rebooting.

paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. 
paul@paul-desktop:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
paul@paul-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  awn-manager libawn0 sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre
Suggested packages:
  binfmt-support sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-plugin ia32-sun-java6-plugin
  ttf-wqy-zenhei
Recommended packages:
  gsfonts-x11
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  avant-window-navigator awn-manager libawn0
The following packages will be upgraded:
  sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre
2 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 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
paul@paul-desktop:~$

Now rebooting..

[SunnyRabbiera]

Yeh I have seen issues like this when apps hang when installing...
I had to reboot too to resolve it.