[wellylug] Problems with Adept

[Sebastian]

hey Steve...

* Steve Macdonald <steve at twininstallations.co.nz> [2006-09-26 15:38 +1200]:
> I am using kubuntu dapper and done and upgrade via adepts upgrade 
> notifier. It crashed halfway through and now I can't use Adept to 
> install anything.
> 
> When ever I try to run adept I get this message
> 
> "You will not be able to change your system settings in any way 
> (install, remove or upgrade software), because another process is using 
> the packaging system database (probably some other Adept application or 
> apt-get or aptitude). Please close the other application before using 
> this one."
> 
> Even when I shut down and restart the laptop.
> 
> How on earth can I solve this problem?

dunno anything about adept and only little about KDE and Kubuntu, but
there might be some kind of PID file lingering around in /var/run/.

good luck,
 Sebastian
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