sudo update-manager always says 'waiting for other software managers to quit'

[Rocko]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Whenever I run 'sudo update-manager' in Karmic and click 'Check' or 'Install', it now always says it is waiting for other software managers to quit.

I can't find any other software managers that are running, which is confirmed by the fact that running it without root privileges works.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 8 07:45:26 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.125.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-generic
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic x86_64

[Brad Crittenden (bac)]

As mentioned in bug 444168 a work-around is to run:

dpkg --configure -a

[seamles (brianwlwu)]

I have the same problem.

When i try that work-around I get
requested operation requires superuser privelege.

i don't know what to do.

thanks

[kingfisher (lorenzoirl)]

Hi,

that means that you need to run in terminal sudo dpkg --configure -a

[Artost (weird4him)]

thanks. Running the above command fixed it for me.

[jan sekal (jsekal)]

neither dpkg --configure -a nor sudo dpkg --configure -a worked on my machine - ubuntu 9.10, no updates - have you any idea what else to try?

[Martin Hauge (marthau3)]

I still get the message Waiting for other software managers to quit