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updates cannot be downloaded

Asked by dustbindiva

When I try to download updates, The error message says:

Another synaptic is running

There is another synaptic running in interactive mode. Please close it first.

I have never seen this before and dont know what I shoud do.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Hi ,
try to make the updates from terminal (ctlr+alt+t)
close all other applications and give these commands

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Thanks

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#2

Thanks, but I didnt have any other applications open when I saw this message. But I will run the command in the terminal that you wrote.

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#3

 It says

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?

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#4

Hi ,
open a terminal and run these commands with caution .Copy-paste them from here to terminal
be sure that no other application is open. Just a terminal. No synaptic or update manager. (check the icons for update-manager notification)

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sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists* -vf
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get upgrade
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Thanks

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linuxnoob18 (hotwheels-12-12) said : 		#5

try typing sudo apt-get install -f

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