I guess the applet is provided by system-config-printer, so lets reassign it to them, as there is nothing apt can do about.
P.S.: The packages are not completely installed - some are dangling half-installed on your system as you can see in the end of the APT output. More information about the states can be seen with: dpkg --audit ** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) => system-config-printer (Ubuntu) -- 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
