Consider probable situation when e.g. Synaptic was not closed properly and it left lock in that directory. I don't know how this should be treated - "$program was unable to [...]etc. etc. If there is Synaptic opened, maybe you should delete the file '/var/lib/dpkg/lock'?" Doesn't that sound weird for an non-technical user?
Consider probable situation when e.g. Synaptic was not closed properly and it left lock in that directory. I don't know how this should be treated - "$program was unable to [...]etc. etc. If there is Synaptic opened, maybe you should delete the file '/var/lib/ dpkg/lock' ?" Doesn't that sound weird for an non-technical user?