Comment 2 for bug 553283

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Dariel Dato-on (odd-rationale) wrote :

If an APT front-end crashed and your database is locked, try this in a terminal:

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock; sudo dpkg --configure -a

Also, please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.