Bug 284962

Summary:	MUON refuses to install/remove software
Product:	[Unmaintained] muon	Reporter:	ttom
Component:	muon	Assignee:	Jonathan Thomas <echidnaman>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	ben.v.h94, ka.mai.joshua.19, kenyon_karl, pishguy
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description ttom 2011-10-25 20:38:19 UTC

Version:           4.7 (using KDE 4.7.2) 
OS:                Linux

MUON refuses to install/remove software by displaying this error :
Another application seems to be using the package system at this time. You must close all other package managers before you will be able to install or remove any packages.

No other package managers is open during this sequence. This occurs in the software manager and the package manager.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Trying to install/remove software.

Actual Results:  
MUON refuses to proceed.

Expected Results:  
Install requested items.

Comment 1 Jonathan Thomas 2011-10-25 22:47:55 UTC

This could be a stale dpkg lock. Try running "sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a"

Comment 2 ttom 2011-10-26 17:38:54 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> This could be a stale dpkg lock. Try running "sudo fuser -vki
> /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a"

Great ! Many thanks, your command line solved my issue. I'll write it down should the bug reappear. By the way, what action can cause a dpkg lock ?

Comment 3 Jonathan Thomas 2011-10-26 21:16:47 UTC

A power loss during an update or something similar could cause the lock to remain.

Comment 4 josh 2012-01-06 20:51:11 UTC

hi, total newb here.  not sure how to enter that command line in the konsole.  should i copy and paste as is or is it multiple commands?  any help would be great, thanks!

Comment 5 Jonathan Thomas 2012-01-06 20:59:25 UTC

Copy "sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a" (without quotes) and paste it in to konsole, then hit enter. You will be prompted for your password afterwards.

Comment 6 josh 2012-01-06 23:23:24 UTC

Thanks johnathan!  That worked wonders!
On Jan 6, 2012 2:59 PM, "Jonathan Thomas" <echidnaman@kubuntu.org> wrote:
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> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=284962
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> --- Comment #5 from Jonathan Thomas <echidnaman kubuntu org>  2012-01-06
20:59:25 ---
> Copy "sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a"
(without
> quotes) and paste it in to konsole, then hit enter. You will be prompted
for
> your password afterwards.
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Comment 7 Jonathan Thomas 2013-02-17 21:30:05 UTC

*** Bug 312250 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Jonathan Thomas 2013-02-17 21:32:56 UTC

*** Bug 310212 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Jonathan Thomas 2013-02-17 21:33:23 UTC

*** Bug 312459 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***