The relevant section from your log is: Selecting previously deselected package virtualbox-ose. Unpacking virtualbox-ose (from .../virtualbox-ose_2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-ose_2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
This error is generally a temporary one, caused by running an installation at the same time as an update of the package db. Does it reoccur if you try again to install virtualbox? If so, what's the output of "fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat"? -- package virtualbox-ose None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/virtualbox-ose.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339390 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
