synaptic package manager is unable to reload and get informations about new updates
Bug #282744 reported by
Jinto
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
jinto@jinto-
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/
E: Unable to lock the list directory
jinto@jinto-
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 13 21:03:08 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Package: synaptic 0.61ubuntu9
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_IN
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64
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Jinto,
Generally the reason you will see this message is that the system updater (GUI) is running, check the "system tray" for the sunburst Icon, if located right click and exit. then try updating again.
Thanks