Re: broken apt-get: can't open lockfile
Will Lowe wrote:
>
> I've done two things in the last few days, and one of them has broken
> apt-get. First, I've moved to kernel 2.2.0-pre8 (I know 2.2.0 is out,
> but I've not had time to download that huge bugger, and I already had a
Download a patch (or three) as they are only about 400kb and I think they
give the same functionality. (They better...) No idea about the problem,
but it has been answered
> copy of -pre8). I've also moved /usr off of one of my machines, and it's
> being shared (nfs) from another.
>
> now running "apt-get install gnome-terminal" returns:
> E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/lock - open (37 No locks available)
> E: Couldn't lock the cache dir, /var/cache/apt/ another process is using it
>
> if I remove /var/cache/apt/lock and try again, I get the same message,
> with a new (empty) /var/cache/apt/lock file.
>
> Will
>
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