[Ilugc] Error in updating/installing a package
- From: thescriptdevil@xxxxxxxxx (Ashok Gautham)
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:57:32 +0530
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 10:17:33PM +0530, Shrinivasan T wrote:
Check that the file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock is there and owned by root.
if not create an empty file by the following command.
touch /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
then, run sudo apt-get update.
I am pretty sure the opposite should be done. The lock file is created
by apt so that no other concurrent process runs. Remove the lock file
if it exists and retry.
# rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
However, do so IF AND ONLY IF you are sure that there is not other
instance of apt or synaptic or any such package-manager running. Else
all you will manage to do is get the system in an inconsistent state.
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