package phpmyadmin 4:3.3.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[james]

Binary package hint: phpmyadmin

Ubuntu 10.04; Easy peasy 10.04

$ sudo apt-get remove phpmyadmin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  bzrtools linux-headers-2.6.32-21 python-paramiko libgfortran3 python-pygame python-quickly-core quickly-widgets user-setup python-configobj
  python-numpy linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic python-quickly-common bzr libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libmikmod2 localechooser-data spawn-fcgi
  libportmidi0 libblas3gf libsdl-mixer1.2 liblapack3gf libterm-readline-perl-perl python-testtools patch libsmpeg0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  phpmyadmin
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 17.4MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ... 184422 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing phpmyadmin ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing phpmyadmin (--remove):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 phpmyadmin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: phpmyadmin 4:3.3.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
AptOrdering: phpmyadmin: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul 14 18:07:49 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: EasyPeasy 1.6
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: phpmyadmin
Title: package phpmyadmin 4:3.3.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1