Good morning Mr. Chris, I do apologize if I reported a wrong bug. I do not know who or where to look for help. As I said, I am very new to Linux and have not encountered Unix scripts before. I have no basic training for this and just doing things blindly but I am persistent to learn everything because this is the future of Operating Systems. You (Ubuntu and etc. related) are amazing. As I view it, Networking is a breeze.
I have down loaded the Debian "Apt HowTo" Manual/Common error" and saw the error as stated: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? To my understanding, as a normal user, I do not have permission to enter the right code to undo this error. So, I went to the website and looked for the Sudo instruction and found RootSudo: Under sec 4. users/ 3/ 1.Enabling Root Account and needs to enter" sudo passwd root Unfortunately, I am not able to work on it at this time. I don't know if this will work before entering the commands: # apt-get -f install # dpkg --configure -a Will this work? If so, it means I am on the right track if not, can you lead me? Thank you very much. Sincerely, Ben A. --- On Sun, 4/26/09, Chris Coulson <chrisccoul...@googlemail.com> wrote: From: Chris Coulson <chrisccoul...@googlemail.com> Subject: [Bug 367412] Re: 8.04 synaptic error/dpkg was interrupted due to system freeze To: b3n_...@yahoo.ca Received: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 12:23 PM Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug. ** Package changed: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+question/68796 -- 8.04 synaptic error/dpkg was interrupted due to system freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367412 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “dpkg” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs I am a newbee in Ubuntu 8.04. First time to load in my system. I was updating the softwares when it freeze during the process of installation of the softwares. When I rebooted the system and rechecked the Synaptic, the error below appeared. Have a not so fast ISP. Need help. I find this OS very good. Not many people use them and actually despise Linux. Maybe your 9.04 has solved the problem. Has to wait for it though. E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. -- 8.04 synaptic error/dpkg was interrupted due to system freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367412 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
