I've checked, and there are no other instances of either apt-get or aptitude running. Further, the appropriate permissions are set to the directories /var/cache/apt and /var/cache/apt/archives.
One question, however. Is the pid of either apt-get or aptitude stored in a *.pid file that either may check? -mk > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Aptitude and apt-get > > > Mike Kuhar, 2002-Sep-10 13:43 -0400: > > Thanks for the reply, Jeff. > > > > After reinstalling apt, aptitude and dpkg, I still had the > same problem. > > > > -mk > > Hmmm...the only time I see that message "could not lock the cache, > opening in read-only mode" is when I have left aptitude open on > another terminal somewhere, or running apt-get something somewhere. > > Check your processes to make sure you don't have any other instances > of apt/dpkg running. > > The only other thing I can think of is permissions on the > /var/cache/apt and /var/cache/apt/archives directories which should be > drwxr-xr-x for both. > > jc > > -- > Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer > Diggin' Debian Admin and User > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
