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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Debian aptitude - apt-get problem Post 28203 by mikek147 on Sunday 15th of September 2002 08:13:25 AM
Old 09-15-2002
I found a work around by adding the line "Debug::NoLocking" to /etc/apt/apt.conf. This allowed me to do the upgrade. I also found out about this bug. Hope this helps anyone with the same problem now or in the future. -mk
 

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apt(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    apt(8)

NAME
apt - Advanced Package Tool SYNOPSIS
apt DESCRIPTION
APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day package management there are several frontends available, such as aptitude(8) for the command line or synaptic(8) for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in apt-get(8) though. SEE ALSO
apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), apt.conf(5), sources.list(5), apt_preferences(5), apt-secure(8) DIAGNOSTICS
apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error. BUGS
This manpage isn't even started. See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to report a bug in apt, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the report- bug(1) command. AUTHOR
apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>. Debian 16 June 1998 apt(8)
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