The installation failed, no cause was given (11.04)

[Nicklas Jensen]

The installer seems to complete but then it starts to roll back and shows the error.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From the syslog:

Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /dev /target/dev
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 739, in do_install
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: if not cache.commit(fetchprogress, installprogress):
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/deprecation.py", line 98, in deprecated_function
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: return func(*args, **kwds)
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in commit
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: res = self._fetch_archives(fetcher, pm)
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 279, in _fetch_archives
Sep 12 13:28:52 ubuntu plugininstall.py: raise LockFailedException("Failed to lock %s" % lockfile)

[Dinko (cross1995)]

i have the same problem :@ ... :/

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]