Problems with /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_main_i18n_Translation-es Unable to lock the download directory

[Z37A]

Binary package hint: synaptic

When attempting to implement a change in synaptic gives the following error:

E: No se pudo tratar el archivo de paquetes /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_main_i18n_Translation-es (2)
E: No se ha podido bloquear el directorio de descargas

En ingles seria:

E: Could not treat file packages / var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_main_i18n_Translation-es (2)
E: Unable to lock the download directory

To resolve this problem simply delete the language file and ready, but soon it happens again.

It happens on both pcs to upgrade to Lucid, the difference is that one is AMD64 and the other Intel X86.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 29 21:41:30 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=es_AR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Could you please run (in a terminal) when this happens:

$ ps afx > /tmp/ps.txt

and attach the file ps.txt ?

[Marcos (deflagmator)]

This is the same that my reported Bug #545336.

Only happens if you search the package before install it. If you select it directly on the list it works ok.

Only happens in spanish installation.

[Pedro Zufiria (pedro-zufiria)]

I have the Spanish installation and I want to report the same Bug. I confirm that it only happens if you search the package before installing it (if you select it directly on the list, it works OK).

[Rodrigo Cid (cid-mol690)]

I have the same problem in Linux pepermint ice running in a Toshiba netbook nb200.