This is my terminal output. After the printer installation stalled i tried sudo apt-get install gutenprint ted@ted-Satellite-C660D:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for ted: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. ted@ted-Satellite-C660D:~$ sudo apt-get update E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ ted@ted-Satellite-C660D:~$ sudo apt-get install gutenprint Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: linux-image-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it. The following extra packages will be installed: alien apparmor-easyprof at build-essential debhelper debugedit dh-apparmor dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.8 heirloom-mailx lib32z1 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libjpeg62 libmail-sendmail-perl libpod-plainer-perl librpm3 librpmbuild3 librpmio3 librpmsign1 libsigsegv2 libstdc++-4.8-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl lsb lsb-core lsb-cxx lsb-desktop lsb-graphics lsb-invalid-mta lsb-languages lsb-multimedia lsb-printing lsb-security m4 ncurses-term pax po-debconf rpm rpm-common rpm2cpio Suggested packages: lsb-rpm default-mta mail-transport-agent dh-make rpm-i18n debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-4.8-multilib gcc-4.8-doc libstdc++6-4.8-dbg libstdc++-4.8-doc libmail-box-perl elfutils Recommended packages: libqt3-mt The following NEW packages will be installed alien apparmor-easyprof at build-essential debhelper debugedit dh-apparmor dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.8 gutenprint heirloom-mailx lib32z1 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libjpeg62 libmail-sendmail-perl libpod-plainer-perl librpm3 librpmbuild3 librpmio3 librpmsign1 libsigsegv2 libstdc++-4.8-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl lsb lsb-core lsb-cxx lsb-desktop lsb-graphics lsb-invalid-mta lsb-languages lsb-multimedia lsb-printing lsb-security m4 ncurses-term pax po-debconf rpm rpm-common rpm2cpio 0 upgraded, 43 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/27.6 MB of archives. After this operation, 66.4 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! gutenprint Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable Selecting previously unselected package libjpeg62:amd64. (Reading database ... 167566 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libjpeg62:amd64 (from .../libjpeg62_6b1-3ubuntu1.13.10.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libsigsegv2:amd64. Unpacking libsigsegv2:amd64 (from .../libsigsegv2_2.10-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package dpkg-dev. Unpacking dpkg-dev (from .../dpkg-dev_1.16.12ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package po-debconf. Unpacking po-debconf (from .../po-debconf_1.0.16+nmu2ubuntu1_all.deb) ... 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Selecting previously unselected package libmail-sendmail-perl. Unpacking libmail-sendmail-perl (from .../libmail-sendmail-perl_0.79.16-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libpod-plainer-perl. Unpacking libpod-plainer-perl (from .../libpod-plainer-perl_1.03-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package m4. Unpacking m4 (from .../archives/m4_1.4.16-5_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package ncurses-term. Unpacking ncurses-term (from .../ncurses-term_5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package pax. Unpacking pax (from .../pax_1%3a20120606-2+deb7u1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-invalid-mta. Unpacking lsb-invalid-mta (from .../lsb-invalid-mta_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-security. Unpacking lsb-security (from .../lsb-security_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-core. Unpacking lsb-core (from .../lsb-core_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-graphics. Unpacking lsb-graphics (from .../lsb-graphics_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-cxx. Unpacking lsb-cxx (from .../lsb-cxx_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-multimedia. Unpacking lsb-multimedia (from .../lsb-multimedia_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-desktop. Unpacking lsb-desktop (from .../lsb-desktop_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-printing. Unpacking lsb-printing (from .../lsb-printing_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-languages. Unpacking lsb-languages (from .../lsb-languages_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb. Unpacking lsb (from .../lsb_4.1+Debian11ubuntu4_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package gutenprint. Unpacking gutenprint (from .../gutenprint_5.0.1-1lsb3.1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 added doc-base file... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for install-info ... Errors were encountered while processing: man-db E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ted@ted-Satellite-C660D:~$ : ted@ted-Satellite-C660D:~$ ted@ted-Satellite-C660D:~$ sudo mkdir /var/cache/debconf mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/cache/debconf’: File exists ted@ted-Satellite-C660D:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: linux-image-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. 44 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable Setting up librpmio3 (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up librpm3 (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up rpm-common (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up rpm2cpio (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up debugedit (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up librpmbuild3 (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up librpmsign1 (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up rpm (4.11.1-2) ... Setting up man-db (2.6.5-2) ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up libjpeg62:amd64 (6b1-3ubuntu1.13.10.1) ... Setting up libsigsegv2:amd64 (2.10-2) ... Setting up apparmor-easyprof (2.8.0-0ubuntu31.1) ... Setting up dh-apparmor (2.8.0-0ubuntu31.1) ... Setting up dpkg-dev (1.16.12ubuntu1) ... Setting up po-debconf (1.0.16+nmu2ubuntu1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of debhelper: debhelper depends on man-db (>= 2.5.1-1); however: Package man-db is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing debhelper (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of alien: alien depends on debhelper (>= 7); however: Package debhelper is not configured yet. No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure. dpkg: error processing alien (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up at (3.1.13-2ubuntu2) ... No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure. atd start/running, process 7964 Setting up libstdc++-4.8-dev:amd64 (4.8.1-10ubuntu9) ... Setting up g++-4.8 (4.8.1-10ubuntu9) ... Setting up g++ (4:4.8.1-2ubuntu3) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/g++ to provide /usr/bin/c++ (c++) in auto mode Setting up build-essential (11.6ubuntu5) ... Setting up heirloom-mailx (12.5-2) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/heirloom-mailx to provide /usr/bin/mailx (mailx) in auto mode Setting up lib32z1 (1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up libalgorithm-diff-perl (1.19.02-3) ... Setting up libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl (0.04-2build3) ... Setting up libalgorithm-merge-perl (0.08-2) ... Setting up libsys-hostname-long-perl (1.4-2) ... Setting up libmail-sendmail-perl (0.79.16-1) ... Setting up libpod-plainer-perl (1.03-1) ... Setting up m4 (1.4.16-5) ... Setting up ncurses-term (5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up pax (1:20120606-2+deb7u1) ... Setting up lsb-invalid-mta (4.1+Debian11ubuntu4) ... Setting up lsb-security (4.1+Debian11ubuntu4) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-core: lsb-core depends on man-db; however: Package man-db is not configured yet. lsb-core depends on alien (>= 8.36); however: Package alien is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-graphics: lsb-graphics depends on lsb-core (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-graphics (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-cxx: lsb-cxx depends on lsb-core (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-cxx (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-multimedia: lsb-multimedia depends on lsb-core (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-coreNo apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-multimedia (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-desktop: lsb-desktop depends on lsb-graphics (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-graphics is not configured yet. lsb-desktop depends on lsb-multimedia (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-multimedia is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-desktop (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-printing: lsb-printing depends on lsb-core (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-printing (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb-languages: lsb-languages depends on lsb-core (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb-languages (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lsb: lsb depends on lsb-core (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-core is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-graphics (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-graphics is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-cxx (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-cxx is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-desktop (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-desktop is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-printing (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-printing is not configured yet. lsb depends on lsb-languages (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu4); however: Package lsb-languages is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lsb (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gutenprint: gutenprint depends on lsb (>= 3.1); however: Package lsb is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gutenprint (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for libc-bin ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Errors were encountered while processing: man-db debhelper alien lsb-core lsb-graphics lsb-cxx lsb-multimedia lsb-desktop lsb-printing lsb-languages lsb gutenprint E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)