Hi, Your local package databse is locked. You have another instance of apt/dpkg/dselect/aptitude/etc running already... close that, and then it should work fine.
Cameron Matheson On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 14:06, Alexander Dreweke wrote: > Hi > > While installing mozilla-browser and mozilla-xmlterm I get the follwoing > error-messages. Haven't got any idea why these errors occure, can somebody > help me, please? > Note: I've triered wir mozilla-packages 0.9.6-1, 0.9.6-2, 0.9.6-3, 0.9.6-4, > 0.9.6-5, 0.9.6-6, ... so I don't think it's a package problem. On my other > computer I was able to install the packages with no error. > > Thanks > > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded. > 2 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Setting up mozilla-browser (0.9.6-6) ... > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource > temporarily unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the download directory > E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource > temporarily unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the download directory > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource > temporarily unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the download directory > E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource > temporarily unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the download directory > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily > unavailable) > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another > process using it? > mv: cannot create regular file > `/var/lib/mozilla/chrome/installed-chrome.txt': No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing mozilla-browser (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mozilla-xmlterm: > mozilla-xmlterm depends on mozilla-browser (= 2:0.9.6-6); however: > Package mozilla-browser is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing mozilla-xmlterm (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > mozilla-browser > mozilla-xmlterm > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

