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package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #793712 reported by Ben Carroll on 2011-06-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #349469: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	man-db (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: man-db

I was trying to install 'tuxguitar'. I got an error message when I tried to install it, was directed to a forum discussing how to fix this problem, which involved the following terminal commands; 'sudo apt-get remove', 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get upgrade'. The last command gave another error message:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

I looked up how to fix this, which involved going onto the 'System Monitor' and killing all processes which included 'aptget' and 'dpkg'. So I did this, retried the process, which seemed to work. Then it told me I have this problem, and I don't even know what this problem is.

I hope I included relevant details here, I'm new to Ubuntu

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: man-db 2.5.9-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 6 20:53:31 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Ben Carroll (justice-will-prevail) wrote on 2011-06-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (667 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (780 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (443 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (246.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote on 2011-06-07:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #746912, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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