-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/14/08 18:26, Jude DaShiell wrote: > It doesn't matter which order these two get installed in they conflict. > In this case I could have reversed the aptitude install line to read: > aptitude install emacs bsdgames -r and then emacs would have installed > but bsdgames would come out the looser and failed to install with the > same kind of error output shown below for aptitude install emacs > bsdgames -r. Cut here: > > > [snip] > 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?
Have you yet followed this path of inquiry? [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? > [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? > [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? > [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? > [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? > [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? > [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? > [snip] > > Reading task descriptions... Done W: Could not lock the cache file; this > usually means that dpkg or another apt tool is already installing > packages. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states > of packages will NOT be preserved! > 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? > 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? [snip many repetitions] - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIA/xcS9HxQb37XmcRAuZgAKCfIeodElJfooXnpHe0EHLOCMCX3QCgjZ/n Xi6eQwfx+HJfTn3BPWDRHvo= =jqEg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
