during postfix installation i am getting "debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process"
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postfix (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: postfix
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/
Selecting previously deselected package postfix.
(Reading database ... 102471 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Ubuntu 8.10
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: postfix None [modified: /var/lib/
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix None [modified: /var/lib/
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
Sounds like you have another upgrade or package installation running somewhere else - that's basically the only way the debconf database can be locked like this.