[PLUG] Another -- Different -- OpenOffice.org Question

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Bruce KIlpatrick wrote:

> My experience has been that I didn't close Synaptic before I tried to use
> apt-get.  If Synaptic is still open in the GUI and you are trying to
> use apt-get by ctrl-alt-F1 to the console...that was my best guess.

   The synaptic window was closed. However, even when it was open the same
locked file message was presented.

> I do wonder if something hung in a previous install/upgrade.  Apt-get -f
> install or dpkg --configure -a, run as sudo would help those problems.

   I need to learn what those commands do. I'll check with the Xubuntu web
forum.

Rich

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