failing to install debian package

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I'm trying to install libdnet-1.12 Package for Snort and trying to get checkinstall to work. But it keeps saying:

Copying documentation directory... 
./
./INSTALL
./README
./THANKS
./TODO
./LICENSE
Copying files to the temporary directory...OK
Stripping ELF binaries and libraries...OK
Compressing man pages...OK
Building file list...OK
Building Debian package...OK
Installing Debian package... FAILED!

This is what's in the log file:

dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process /var/tmp/tmp.BI2nXpK3CZ/dpkginstall.log

Anyone know how I can fix this and get it to work? I can't find anything on what to do to fix this

possible duplicate of dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process — karel, Jun 22 '15 at 11:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '15 at 10:54

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The dpkg database is locked by another process. The problem either dissolves by itself after some time, or you can see which process is blocking the database.

ps xa | grep apt

Close all software package manager and try it again. Or wait some time and kill the processes.

Example

$ ps xa | grep apt
 6088 ?        S      0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec
 6090 ?        S      0:03 /usr/sbin/synaptic

Therefore

sudo kill 6090

answered Jun 22 '15 at 10:54

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Thank you, my problem was resolved, thanks for quick response – Safoo Ra Jun 22 '15 at 11:38

failing to install debian package

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