Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt
I'm using Ubuntu 10.10. I tried installing Code::Blocks from the Ubuntu Software Center and got a message "Package operation failed" even though Code::Blocks seems to have installed perfectly. I've had the same problem while installing other applications and have ignored it without any repercussions that I can tell. Below is the output when attempting the same installation from the terminal. The error is identical to the one I got from the software center. ~$ sudo apt-get install libcodeblocks0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libcodeblocks0 is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: python-utidylib python-gtkmozembed libtidy-0.99-0 python-feedparser python-rsvg python-evolution libgdiplus libboost-python1.42.0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up hal (0.5.14-0ubuntu6) ... useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/run/hald -g haldaemon -s /bin/false -u 116 haldaemon' returned error code 1. Exiting. dpkg: error processing hal (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: hal E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) So I tried to see what has locked /etc/passwd and found the culprit is applet.py: greeeng...@veronica:~$ lsof /etc/passwd COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME applet.py 1982 greeenguru 10r REG 8,1 1698 2886356 /etc/passwd And I found which applet.py has locked /etc/passwd: greeeng...@veronica:~$ ps -Af | grep applet.py 1000 1982 1598 0 Dec20 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py It seems that /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py is locking /etc/passwd, but I don't know how to solve this problem or even what applet.py does. I found one solution on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9468367 but the solution is to run this: sudo rm -f /etc/gshadow.lock /etc/shadow.lock /etc/passwd.lock and I don't fully understand what the repercussions of that might be. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: apt 0.8.3ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Dec 23 01:24:59 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693442 Title: Error installing software with apt and software center: /etc/passwd locked by /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
