[Wylug-help] Debian help needed

[Stephen Patterson]

On 06 Apr 08, Richard Ibbotson (richard.ibbotson at gmail.com) wrote:
> > > > Attempting to download the two packages together with their
> > > > dictionaries brings me
> > > > 'E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status(2)
> > > > E: Unable to lock the download directory'
> 
> ps ax | grep apt
> ps ax | grep synaptic

You also need root access, so 'sudo synaptic' may be more useful than
regular synaptic. 

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