Apt-get broken after termination in mid-install
Long story short, I tried installing something via apt-get install
and accidentally terminated the process through terminal. I now can't use apt-get install
, Ubuntu Software Center, etc. I tried running sudo apt-get clean
and sudo apt-get autoclean
, but to no avail.
I then tried running sudo apt-get install -f
, and got the following results:
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ... 216122 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.2 (using .../libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_i386.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
How can I fix this error, or at least "reset" apt-get
so I can install things again?
Solution 1:
You can fix this by just run dpkg --purge --force-depends "package_name"
to purge a broken package then you have to run apt-get autoremove
and apt-get -f install
After this, the problem will be solve.
Solution 2:
Just reboot the machine. Whatever is using that file should no longer be using it after a reboot. Then run sudo apt-get install -f
to repair it. That should work for ya.