Err, I just ^Z a dpkg -i and killed the process and now of course it tells
me that:
dpkg: status database area is locked - another dpkg/dselect is running
What do I do to fix this? I was in the middle of installing rc564 so it
wasn't anything mission critical.
TIA,
Adam.
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Do fg at the prompt where you ^Z'd it.
Brandon
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Adam Shand wrote:
Err, I just ^Z a dpkg -i and killed the process and now of course it tells
me that:
dpkg: status database area is locked - another dpkg/dselect is running
What do I do to fix this? I was in the
Do fg at the prompt where you ^Z'd it.
Uh, I realise that. I ^Z'd it and *killed* the process. It's no longer
running. There is now a stale lock file and I need to know where it's
kept so that I can delete it.
Thanks,
Adam.
Err, I just ^Z a dpkg -i and killed the process and now of
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Adam Shand wrote:
Do fg at the prompt where you ^Z'd it.
Uh, I realise that. I ^Z'd it and *killed* the process. It's no longer
running. There is now a stale lock file and I need to know where it's
kept so that I can delete it.
rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/{lock,methlock}
That's what I was after. Thank you very much.
Adam.
Uh, I realise that. I ^Z'd it and *killed* the process. It's no longer
running. There is now a stale lock file and I need to know where it's
kept so that I can delete it.
rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/{lock,methlock}
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