[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sven Hartrumpf) writes: > I have installed packages using aptitude when my / partition filled up > by some /etc ... files (from CUPS packages). > Installation failed therefore. > Now, everytime I call aptitude I get: > "Apt errors: Warning: could not lock the cache file. Opening in read-only > mode" > and therefore can not de/select anything in aptitude. > I have found some lock files for apt and deleted them. But this did not > solve the problem. > Any ideas?
I had a similar problem due to a hardware failure during upgrade. In desperation, I ran dselect, which also failed, but told me what I needed to run to solve the problem. Sorry, I do not remember the command. Paul -- * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]