Thanks for reporting.
Based on the error message, this doesn't seem to be directly caused by
firmware-b43-installer. It looks like there's a different apt-get
process currently running, perhaps installing other packages in a
different terminal? Could you check if all other apt-get processes are
finished and if you still get the same error?
Normally it is only possible to run one apt-get process at the time,
though it should remove the lock once finished. If a lock is still "left
behind" that might be a bug in apt.
** Changed in: b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878206
Title:
will not load firmware on 20.04
Status in b43-fwcutter package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
tryimg to update firmware the following happens.
-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM43217 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=bcma-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:37 memory:f7500000-f7507fff
PCI-ID
Supported?
Chip ID
Modes
PHY version
Alternative
14e4:43a9
yes (3.17+)
BCM43217
b/g/n
N (r17)
bill@bill-computer:~$ sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
[sudo] password for bill:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 4155
(apt-get)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your
system.
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is
another process using it?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: firmware-b43-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue May 12 14:17:28 2020
SourcePackage: b43-fwcutter
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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