You can only have one Adept or APT (apt-get or aptitude) process running at a time. This is to preserve the system's integrity while packages are being installed or removed. In some cases, trying to open two instances of Adept will cause APT to crash and lock down. In that case, please enter these two commands to unlock the APT database:
sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock and sudo dpkg --configure -a I am marking this bug as Invalid since this is the intended behavior. Please feel free to reopen the bug with new information. Thanks for your efforts to make Kubuntu rock. :) ** Changed in: adept (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- adept cannot open https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135577 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs