Impossible to remove or add any program

Asked by doriansaligarakis

Hi

I cannot install anything either remove the programs , the terminal tell me this:

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for saligarakis:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Sso, looking at forums I followed the instructions according to here:

 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

So I guess i have now to copy paste all the terminal results, I hope my issue will help yo continue improve this amazing OS.

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ ubuntu-support-status

Support status summary of 'saligarakis142857':

You have 15 packages (1.0%) supported until October 2013 (18m)
You have 67 packages (4.3%) supported until June 2015 (18m)
You have 1346 packages (86.4%) supported until April 2017 (5y)

You have 1 packages (0.1%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 129 packages (8.3%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ echo $http_proxy

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
                     USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/var/lib/dpkg/lock: root 1879 F.... dpkg
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS"
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ uname -a
Linux saligarakis142857 3.5.0-42-generic #65~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 2 20:57:24 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
rm: cannot remove `/var/cache/apt/*.bin': No such file or directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgexiv2-1* libindicator-messages-status-provider1*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
9 not fully installed or removed.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347 B]
Get:4 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
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Get:6 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:8 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release [11.9 kB]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg [316 B]
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg [316 B]
Get:11 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release [11.9 kB]
Get:14 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1205 B]
Get:15 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Get:16 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [8130 B]
Get:17 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
Get:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release [11.9 kB]
Get:19 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [10.8 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
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Get:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources [738 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
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Get:54 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [101 kB]
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Get:66 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources [36.4 kB]
Get:67 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [5311 B]
Get:68 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [4809 B]
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Get:85 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en [4610 B]
Get:86 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:87 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en [27.6 kB]
Fetched 19.7 MB in 58s (340 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up linux-image-3.5.0-43-generic (3.5.0-43.66~precise1) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-43-generic
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;
error: cannot read from `/dev/sdb'.

I am awaiting for your support.
Thanks.
Dorian.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#1

The following procedure was not correctly followed:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

You skipped steps 1,2 and 3.

If you start skipping steps in the procedure, you cannot expect it to work....

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doriansaligarakis (doriansaligarakis) said :
#2

Damn, you are right, I didn't changed the servers to main ones, either disabled the PPA Things...
Now it is done, I did the same procedure , And so Here is the result. By the way Thanks a lot for your promptitde. It is amazing.

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'saligarakis142857':

You have 1558 packages (100.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for saligarakis:
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ echo $http_proxy

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS"
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ uname -a
Linux saligarakis142857 3.5.0-42-generic #65~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 2 20:57:24 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgexiv2-1* libindicator-messages-status-provider1*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
9 not fully installed or removed.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5470 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [5019 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [155 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [1274 kB]
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Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages [4796 kB]
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Fetched 19.6 MB in 57s (339 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up linux-image-3.5.0-43-generic (3.5.0-43.66~precise1) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-43-generic
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

Your Terminal output still keeps showing us the following error message:

E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/

Are you sure that you executed step 3?

It seems that step 3 was still skipped.

Did you close ALL open programs and all package managers including Synaptic, Update Manager, Software Center, Add/remove programs, etc ... No other package manager should be running while running the Terminal commands.

Also try the following solution to try to get rid of that error message:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/346143/e-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock-open-11-resource-temporarily-unavai

So you need to run the following Terminal commands after closing all programs and all package managers :

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

Then rerun the whole package manager troubleshooting procedure again.

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doriansaligarakis (doriansaligarakis) said :
#4

Damn, you are right, I didn't changed the servers to main ones, either
disabled the PPA Things...
Now it is done, I did the same procedure , And so Here is the result. By
the way Thanks a lot for your promptitde. It is amazing.

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'saligarakis142857':

You have 1558 packages (100.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more
details
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for saligarakis:
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ echo $http_proxy

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS"
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ uname -a
Linux saligarakis142857 3.5.0-42-generic #65~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 2
20:57:24 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg
/var/lib/dpkg.backup
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status
/var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old
/var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0
/var/lib/dpkg/status
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available
/var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old
/var/lib/dpkg/available
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource
temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource
temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgexiv2-1* libindicator-messages-status-provider1*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
9 not fully installed or removed.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource
temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update
-o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
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Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5470 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [5019 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [155 kB]

Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [1274 kB]

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Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex [3706 B]

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B]
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B]
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B]
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B]
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kB]
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[11.4 kB]
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[229 kB]
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[14.4 kB]
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[3564 B]
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TranslationIndex [2605 B]
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TranslationIndex [2461 B]
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[2850 B]
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B]
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kB]
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B]
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B]
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[37.7 kB]
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[5178 B]
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[72 B]
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TranslationIndex [72 B]
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TranslationIndex [70 B]
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TranslationIndex [73 B]
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B]
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kB]
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B]
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kB]
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[4620 B]
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[89.6 kB]
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[2642 B]
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B]
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TranslationIndex [72 B]
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TranslationIndex [72 B]
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[73 B]
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Translation-en [4610 B]
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Translation-en [14 B]
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[27.6 kB]
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kB]
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[1299 B]
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[54.3 kB]
Fetched 19.6 MB in 57s (339 kB/s)

Reading package lists... Done
saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up linux-image-3.5.0-43-generic (3.5.0-43.66~precise1) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal
3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-43-generic
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.5.0-43-generic
/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier
3.5.0-43-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.5.0-43-generic
/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-43-generic
LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get
dist-upgrade
find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"'
_ '{}' \;

2013/12/16 Mark Rijckenberg <email address hidden>

> Your question #240861 on apt in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/240861
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> The following procedure was not correctly followed:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure
>
> You skipped steps 1,2 and 3.
>
> If you start skipping steps in the procedure, you cannot expect it to
> work....
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
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>
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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#5

There are potentially three lock files

Try again with

sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

And then re-run the troubleshooting procedure.
Make sure, that you also do the last commands right!
In all your previous outputs there is some strange data loss after

LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
sudo dpkg --configure -a

You have to wait for each command to really finish, that the command prompt "saligarakis@saligarakis142857:~$" is shown again before you paste the next line.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#6

Ooops, I again copied a wrong file name. Should have been

sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

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