Comment 9 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

I was thinking the same thing. I'm looking for an iso file to
re-install everything.

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On 11-05-20 10:44 AM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Excerpts from Ron's message of Fri May 20 05:36:56 UTC 2011:
>> update failed with the following info.
>>
>> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_CA
>> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
>> 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
> Ron, the file would have been /var/lib/dpkg/lock
>
> I'm guessing something is going wrong on your system if this
> has crept up in another, slightly different way. Either way,
> this is a different error, and, therefore, a different bug
> so please open a new report if you feel that it is something
> wrong with the software.
>
> I notice that you have some PPA's enabled, I wonder if maybe you have
> some packages that have damaged your system in some way.
>