** Description changed: New users often start multiple instances of apt frontends. E.g. while following a guide to do foo, they open synaptic, search for a package and then open a terminal window and enter a --- # sudo apt-get install foo --- which gives them the following message --- - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/reinhard# apt-get install gimp E: Konnte Lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock nicht bekommen - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? --- For an experienced linux user this message is pretty clear. Close all open apt frontends and repeat your action. But for fresh linux users this message is pretty confusing. It looks like an complicated error. So they enter $ubuntuforum and ask for assistance to "solve" this problem. So my points are 1) Can't we translate the message completely? 2) Can't this message give a "easy to understand" feedback like "There is allready a application for administrating software packages active. Please close this application and repeat your last action."?
-- Please output a easy to understand error message while using multiple apt instances https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
