Public bug reported: Hi,
I was trying to purge the phpmyadmin. I got the below message on my cli Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) Then i run the rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/lock command to delete the lock. And then i tried to remove phpmyadmin using command as mentioned below : apt-get purge --remove phpmyadmin And this gives the error as mentioned in summary. Thanks Sanjeet ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: phpmyadmin 4:3.3.10-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686 AptOrdering: phpmyadmin: Purge man-db: Configure Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jun 25 01:34:06 2011 DpkgTerminalLog: Removing phpmyadmin ... debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable dpkg: error processing phpmyadmin (--purge): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: phpmyadmin Title: package phpmyadmin 4:3.3.10-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-06 (18 days ago) ** Affects: phpmyadmin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/801744 Title: package phpmyadmin 4:3.3.10-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpmyadmin/+bug/801744/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs