Dropbox installation broke my software index (Ubuntu 12.04)
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 (x32) on a desktop computer. I tried installing Dropbox from the Ubuntu Software Center and it got stuck almost at the end. So I tried to close the software center and restart. When I opened the Software Center Again I could see Dropbox installed, but I knew it wasn't ok because it hasn't finished installing so I clicked on Remove, and it also got stuck close to the end.
So i searched the web and ran :
sudo apt-get remove dropbox; rm -rvf ~/.dropbox ~/.dropbox-dist
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?
I think it's the Ubuntu Software Center... but I don't know how to kill that process safely. So I found the PackageManagerT
https:/
and ran the commands with the following results:
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sudo apt-get install -f
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?
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Support status summary of 'sergio-
You have 105 packages (4.2%) supported until October 2013 (18m)
You have 58 packages (2.3%) supported until January 2016 (18m)
You have 1601 packages (64.7%) supported until April 2017 (5y)
You have 1 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 708 packages (28.6%) that are unsupported
Your current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is going out of support
on 08/07/2014. After this date security updates for critical parts (kernel
and graphics stack) of your system will no longer be available.
For more information, please see:
http://
To upgrade to a supported (or longer supported) configuration:
* Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by running:
sudo do-release-upgrade
OR
* Install a newer HWE version by running:
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-
and reboot your system.
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
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cat: /etc/dpkg/
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Support status summary of 'sergio-
You have 105 packages (4.2%) supported until October 2013 (18m)
You have 58 packages (2.3%) supported until January 2016 (18m)
You have 1601 packages (64.7%) supported until April 2017 (5y)
You have 1 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 708 packages (28.6%) that are unsupported
Your current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is going out of support
on 08/07/2014. After this date security updates for critical parts (kernel
and graphics stack) of your system will no longer be available.
For more information, please see:
http://
To upgrade to a supported (or longer supported) configuration:
* Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by running:
sudo do-release-upgrade
OR
* Install a newer HWE version by running:
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-
and reboot your system.
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
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cat: /etc/dpkg/
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cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
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/var/lib/dpkg/lock: root 2230 F.... dpkg
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/var/cache/
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DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
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Linux sergio-All-Series 3.11.0-24-generic #42~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 4 21:23:53 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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sudo mv /var/lib/
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mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/
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mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nautilus-dropbox (0.7.1-2) ...
Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to http://
Downloading Dropbox... 100%
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And it's stuck there...
Hope this is enough information to ask any help =)
Thank you!
Sergio MP
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