I didn't encounter this problem anymore, so it can probably be closed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1570721
Title: synaptic could not acquire dpkg lock Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After running gnome software center to search a package, I closed it and tried to open synaptic. After entering the password in the prompt, I was informed that synaptic could not acquire the lock on dpkg. Possible cause: I think this could be related to gnome software not releasing the lock, as there was no dpkg operation running at the moment. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: synaptic 0.83 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 15 08:55:26 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-21 (390 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150321) SourcePackage: synaptic UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1570721/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
