Re: debian bsdgames emacs packages conflict

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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!!
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