Consider probable situation when e.g. Synaptic was not closed properly and it left lock in that directory. I don't know how this should be treated - "$program was unable to [...]etc. etc. If there is Synaptic opened, maybe you should delete the file '/var/lib/dpkg/lock'?" Doesn't that sound weird for an non-technical user?
-- Apt's unable to acquire lock message isn't user friendly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74134 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
