Comment 7 for bug 783706

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Ron (swamp-rh) wrote : Re: [Bug 783706] Re: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

update failed with the following info.

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Fetched 2,779 B in 8s (326 B/s)
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?

Used sudo fuser -vu /var/lib/dpkg with no info returned

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On 11-05-18 04:06 PM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Excerpts from Ron's message of Wed May 18 19:40:25 UTC 2011:
>> I ran command as suggested, with a process as :
>>
>> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
>> /var/cache/debconf/config.dat:
>> root 13393 F.... (root)frontend
>> I killed process and update/ upgrade finished without error.
>>
>> Thanks, we can call this a fix.
> Thanks for the patience to work through it Ron. I think there's still a bug, but
> it seems unlikely we'll be able to figure it out. Its also just possible a window
> asking for configuration details was minimized or somehow otherwise hidden.
>