Aptdaemon

Cannot upgrade, manage, or update packages

Bug #619525 reported by Benjamin
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #628061: Should acquire a lock on the lists. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

This message shows up since I try update, upgrade, or manage packages in U Maverick Meerkat UNE:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 172, in _process_transaction
    self.update_cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 532, in update_cache
    self._cache.update(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/deprecation.py", line 98, in deprecated_function
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 341, in update
    raise LockFailedException("Failed to lock %s" % lockfile)
LockFailedException: Failed to lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

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