your assessment is spot on. i'm spoiled on the strong visual interface of windows 7. this smaller sparser OS Will take some getting used to.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Gabe Gorelick <[email protected]>wrote: > You may have got this because another program was manipulating the > package state. Programs like synaptic package manager and the Software > Center do not play together nicely, as they both need dpkg locks. Can > you confirm that is what happened? > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > cannot uninstall programs.'other software applications in use' > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525607 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor > > i want to upgrade my firefox browser. i tried uninstalling firefox 3.5, to > no avial. it seems to hang, only saying 'other software aplication in use' i > tried uninstally ANY program, with no positive result. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: amd64 > CheckboxSubmission: b7334391363c589d710d5a4ee80561a7 > CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32 > Date: Sun Feb 21 21:45:18 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.28.0-0ubuntu1 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic > SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/525607/+subscribe > -- cannot uninstall programs.'other software applications in use' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525607 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
