Can't install software

[Paulius]

Ubuntu 7.10

Installing software, installation was interrupted, I tried to restart the installation process and was told that 'only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time'. I have tried restarting Ubuntu but this has not corrected the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 14 02:13:20 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-manager
Package: gnome-keyring-manager 2.20.0-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-keyring-manager
ProcCwd: /home/paulius
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-keyring-manager
Uname: Linux paulius-gkhara 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Eduardo Retamales (eretamales)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gnome-keyring-manager.

[Paulius (paulj-carmicheal)]

From what I have learned its a problem with Gdebi Package Installer. Ubuntu seems to think its still running despite the fact that my computer has been rebooted several times.

[Eduardo Retamales (eretamales)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gdebi.

[Eduardo Retamales (eretamales)]

Thank's for report this bugs

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Is this still a problem today? Can it be reproduced?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

This is basically the infamous "installation gets interrupted, dpkg lock doesn't disappear" bug which is fixed by running dpkg --configure -a. This, in turn is bug 173309.