update-software-center-agent crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__() trying to install Adobe Flash to use BBC iPlayer

[Robert Higginson]

Binary package hint: software-center

I thought Ubuntu had automatically gathered all the technical ing#formation.

I was on the Adobe page to get Flash Player to install in Firefox so that I could use the BBC iPlayer (which is a nuisance piec of software anyway).

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 3.0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 1 23:00:44 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/update-software-center-agent
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100831.2)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/software-center/update-software-center-agent
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/software-center/update-software-center-agent']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: update-software-center-agent crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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