What are the chances of having these error messages changed? Before: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? After: Something like "You have another package manager running. Please close it and run this command again."
Before: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? After: Something like "You must run this command as root." Many newbies are instructed to run commands in a terminal. For many, it's probably the first time they've ever used one. Getting an error about locks, administration, and a directory they've never heard of wouldn't give them a good impression. Although the error messages are pretty straightforward, users are having problems understanding what they mean as shown in Launchpad Answers and the Ubuntu Forums. Here are some examples, both within the last 24 hours: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1387762&page=2 https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/98243 (scroll down) -Ryan
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