Re: I finally tried kubuntu 7.10. Didn't get very far.

["Randy Cole" <user=55@nabble.blu.org>]

 Try forcing package installations to complete: dpkg --configure -a 

If that doesn't fix it, hunt down the lock file.  do a find /var -name 
lock.  Make sure a package process is not running, then delete the lock 
file. 

If that doesn't work, try removing and reinstalling the offending 
package(s)... something like 

          "dpkg -r | --remove | -P | --purge package ... | -a | 
        --pending 
                Remove an installed package. -r or --remove remove 
                everything except configuration files. This may avoid 
                having to reconfigure the package if it is reinstalled 
                later. (Configuration files are the files listed in the 
                debian/conffiles control file). -P or --purge removes 
                everything, including configuration files. If -a or 
                --pending is given instead of a package name, then all 
                packages unpacked, but marked to be removed or purged in 
                file /srv/lib/dpkg/status, are removed or purged, 
                respectively. 
                
                Removing of a package consists of the following steps: 
                
                1. Run prerm script 
                2. Remove the installed files 
                3. Run postrm script 
          " 
                

(This is my best guess as my ubuntu installation is broken at the 
moment.  Just installed Fedora 8, ran into an Anaconda bug (had to 
unplug any drives > 15 partitions otherwise the install crashes). 


-Randy 

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 23:56 -0500, David Kramer wrote: 
> I got it installed OK.  I didn't see where you choose what to install, 
> so I let it do its thing. 
> 
> After the install, I ran the add/remove programs tool (Adept 
> Installer?), selected a bunch of stuff to install, and sometime around 
> installing Java, it crashed.  Now when I try to run it, I get a dialog 
> box that says "Another process is uning the packaging system 
> database..." And when I click on either button, I get the KDE crash 
> handler.  Tried it several times.  I even tried rebooting. 
> 
> Any clues? 
> 
>