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vharishankar 03-23-2005 08:13 PM
"apt-get update" error
 
I get the following error when I last tried to re-load my package list
Code:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
I was logged in as root, so I cannot imagine what the problem might be here.

mjrich 03-23-2005 09:34 PM
Are you sure you were logged in as root ? This is normally the error you get when attempting to run apt-get update as a normal user. Also, check this thread: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...218346b16b2ade.

Cheers,

mj

vharishankar 03-23-2005 09:49 PM
I did it from an 'su' terminal.

Actually it worked after a couple of retries. But now the problem is that the process of updating packages list is terminated halfway due to server timeout.

mjrich 03-23-2005 09:52 PM
You may want to add a few more servers to your sources.list, in that case. It may even be worth bugging your ISP to host a mirror :)

Cheers,

mj


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