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

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:58:28 -0500 (EST) 
[hidden email] wrote: 

> > 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 
> 
> Ah, ok.  This is my first exposure (in the past 11 years) to a non-RPM 
> system, so I didn't even know what the command line tool was called.  I'll 
> try that all tonight, and if that doesn't fix it, I'll bring the machine 
> with me tomorrow.