synaptic could not acquire dpkg lock

[fcole90]

After running gnome software center to search a package, I closed it and tried to open synaptic. After entering the password in the prompt, I was informed that synaptic could not acquire the lock on dpkg.

Possible cause:
I think this could be related to gnome software not releasing the lock, as there was no dpkg operation running at the moment.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: synaptic 0.83
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Apr 15 08:55:26 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-21 (390 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150321)
SourcePackage: synaptic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Fcole,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with synaptic. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know, and in the current version, run the following (only once):
apport-collect BUGNUMBER
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G

[fcole90 (fcole90)]

I didn't encounter this problem anymore, so it can probably be closed.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks for the update, Fcole. I will close the report now.
Have a great day!
:)
G

Closed per reporter’s feedback.