Hi, forget your mouse, you are in a terminal (i reckon)
press tab until the buttons lights up, then press enter. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Tuesday 03 May 2011 14:23:15 Colline Waiswa wrote: > Reinier, > I still get a problem during the installation of jdk. It brings up the > licence part within the terminal. Scrolling down to the bottom reveals an > OK button but its not clickable (text only). > > Colline > > --- On Tue, 5/3/11, Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] apt-get issues > To: [email protected], "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 10:33 AM > > > > #yiv990875179 p, #yiv990875179 li {white-space:pre-wrap;} > > Hi, > > Whenever apt(itude) runs, it first checks if there is a small lock file. if > the file exists, it presumes apt is already running and dies (as it is on > colline's machine), if it doesnt exist it creates the lock file and then > does it works. When apt exists normally, it deletes the lock file again. > > Not if you switch off your machine the harsh way. > > To fix this, you need to delete the lock file > > sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock > > after this you can install the jdk. > > The trick with the jdk is that you have to scroll down down down untill you > see the OK button. That is why you got stuck in the first place. > (scrolling down goes much faster with the pagedown button, btw) > > good luck! > > > Colline, > > > > >From your own Error report, I realise that there are two or more > > > > applications accessing dpkg, > > My thinking is that you have synaptic package manager open and running > > apt-get > > Make sure there is no open package manager open and then start working > > on the license problem. > > > > ......................................................................... > > .. ..................................................................... > > Seat of Wisdom .............Pray for us > > Cause of our Joy ...........Pray for us > > .................................................. > > Kizito Thomas > > +256-712-929564 > > +256-782-062708 > > > > On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 03:00 -0700, Colline Waiswa wrote: > > > Steven, > > > I'm running it as root but it still gives the same error > > > > > > Colline > > > > > > --- On Tue, 5/3/11, Stephen S. Musoke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Stephen S. Musoke <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] apt-get issues > > > To: "'Uganda Linux User Group'" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 9:49 AM > > > > > > Colline, > > > > > > > > > > > > You need to use sudo before the command so that you can run it > > > as root > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Colline Waiswa [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:21 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [LUG] apt-get issues > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > I'm new to Linux, started off with Ubuntu. I tried to install > > > the sun java jdk using sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk. It > > > went on well till the point where it brought up the licence > > > agreement within the terminal. It stalled here as failed to > > > select OK to continue. pressing enter or Y was to no avail. So > > > i restarted the machine but when I try to use apt-get or the > > > ubuntu software to install java jdk or any other software it > > > gives the following error: > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > I've tried to do an update n upgrade but it still comes back > > > to the same error. How do I get rid of this error? > > > > > > Colline > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > [email protected] > > > Mailing list archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > (including attachments if any). 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