There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at http://launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug and retry.

[James Marc]

There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at http://launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug and retry.

[Mahyuddin Susanto (udienz)]

what an error?

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

I just send you a report with a similar error with a traceback

[Christopher Vernon Jones (jonescv13)]

retry seemed no problem

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 179, in _process_transaction
    self.commit_packages(*self.trans.packages)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 227, in commit_packages
    self._commit_changes()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 748, in _commit_changes
    self._cache.commit(fetch_progress, inst_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 427, in commit
    res = self.install_archives(pm, install_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 394, in install_archives
    install_progress.finish_update()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/progress.py", line 264, in finish_update
    lock.status_lock.acquire()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/lock.py", line 67, in acquire
    raise LockFailedError(self.path, process)
LockFailedError

[Braiam Peguero (braiampe)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 665572, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.