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dpkg package

  1. Bug #1796081
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1796081

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

Same with bionic (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1)

1. lock locked:
root@bbb:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process

2. Frontend locked
root@bbb:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process

3. Frontend locked, but overriden by env:

root@bbb:~# DPKG_FRONTEND_LOCKED=1 dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 28496 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../dpkg_1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dpkg (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1) over (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up dpkg (1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...

=> verified