Kate on Ubuntu 9.10

Open a terminal and run: sudo apt-get install --reinstall kate

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Ryan Dwyer
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> Your question #98243 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/98243
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>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ryan Dwyer proposed the following answer:
> Open a terminal and run: sudo apt-get install --reinstall kate
>

I did that. Kate still doesn't work. Something about KBuildSycoca,
whoever that is.

Hi Jerry,

have you tried removing kate and reinstalling, then?
It may solve your problem... ;)

Bye

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Davide Notaristefano
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> Your question #98243 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/98243
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Davide Notaristefano proposed the following answer:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> have you tried removing kate and reinstalling, then?
> It may solve your problem... ;)
>
> Bye

I remove Kate and reinstalled Kate. It still doesn't work. It says
something about KBuildSycoca.

Can you run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get --purge remove kate; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install kate

and give the output here

Thanks

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:57 PM, actionparsnip
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> Can you run:
>
> sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get --purge remove kate; sudo apt-get
> --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install kate
>
> and give the output here
>
> Thanks

I get this:

E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is
another process using it?

I don't understand that message. I don't think I'm running dpkg.

Do you have synaptic / software center open? only ONE app can access the packages at any one time.

If not then run this command:

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get --purge remove kate; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install kate

You will be ok then

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:09 PM, actionparsnip
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> Do you have synaptic / software center open? only ONE app can access the
> packages at any one time.

Yup. I had synaptic open. (I was using it so much that I left it open
and then forgot about it.)

I closed synaptic and then did this:
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get --purge remove kate
 sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
 sudo apt-get install kate

All those things did something.

Kate still doesn't work.
The KBuildSycoca message still comes up.

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