As a resolution to the immediate lock problem, https://wiki.edubuntu.org/DebuggingInstallationIssues recommends using `fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat` to determine the process holding the lock and then killing it.
-- debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349469 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