On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 06:02:01AM -0800, [email protected] wrote: > On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 3:58:57 PM UTC+2, Unman wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 10:33:19AM +0100, cubit wrote: > > > Hello Qubers, > > > > > > I am having problems with a Debian 9 template on Qubes R3.2 > > > > > > The Debian 9 template is an upgraded Debian 8 from the repos as there is > > > no prebuilt D9 yet. Each time I try to update it from Qubes VM Manager > > > it fails the first time every time with error > > > > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource > > > temporarily unavailable) > > > E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ > > > Done. > > > Press Enter to shutdown the template, or Ctrl-C to just close this window. > > > > > > The only way to get around this is to shutdown the template and > > > immediately try an update again. > > > > > > Starting it up again, it it is very slow to connect, sitting at "0% > > > [Working]" for up to a minute before connecting to the repos and then > > > slowly goes thorugh them. > > > > > > Any person know how to fix this so it updates first time with out > > > problems? > > > > > > Cubit > > > > > > > This has been mentioned before - it isnt really a Qubes issue because it > > can be seen on a vanilla Debian install. > > > > It isnt neccessary to shtdown the template - have you tried simply > > clearing the stale lock file? 'sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock ' should > > do it. > > Is deleting the lock file a good idea? Since it is actually using apt and > updating the system? >
In my experience it isnt updating the system. You could check this with ps aux|grep apt . That's why I said "stale lock file" (This is with a built Debian9, not an upgraded 8) Op could of course, just start a template and see if it updates automatically. It shouldn't. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20171206151522.d5ncaqzheqecbivo%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
