Package instalation fails due to update manager interference

[Jaroslav Šmíd]

Binary package hint: synaptic

When updating or installing software using synaptic package manager, it sometimes fails because packages database gets locked in the middle of installation, possibly by update manager. Synaptic should lock the database when starting the installation and unlock when it is complete, not lock before each separate package is being installed and unlock when it is installed and than lock-unlock again a again.

[Jaroslav Šmíd (jardasmid-gmail)]

Happend to me again today. This is so annoying and you should really do something about it. Even waiting for application that created the lock to exit would be better than just print "database locked" with no other information like "you need to run manually blahblah to fix your packages". Or

[Jaroslav Šmíd (jardasmid-gmail)]

Jesus, don't tell me this doesn't happen to you, happened again ...

[Jaroslav Šmíd (jardasmid-gmail)]

Ok, I give up. This should've been fixed before 10.10 was released as this is bug, that can mess up whole system. Ubuntu is bigger shit with each new release.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Jaroslav,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with synaptic. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know and run the following (only once):
apport-collect BUGNUMBER
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for synaptic (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]