Same problem, approx fails to install (and remove) on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop amd64, approx 4.1-1build1.
After manually killing 'sudo apt-get install approx' and fixing with 'sudo dpkg --configure -a', approx refused to remove with apt. This could be fixed by some more killing of installation processes. Haithamoon: Your second installation attempt looks like you have the locking problem (side effect of the bug): "debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable". You might want to kill the rest of the dpkg processes, see below. $ sudo apt-get -y remove approx ... Removing approx ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing approx (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: approx $ sudo dpkg --remove --force-all approx ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing approx (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1 $ ps waux|grep -i dpkg root 15013 0.0 0.1 54036 11580 ? S 11:45 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/approx.postinst configure [..] $ sudo kill 15013 $ sudo apt-get -y remove approx ... Removing approx ... And finally it was removed successfully. -- failed to install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612296 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
