0007297: unable to install - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0007297	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2021-08-26 13:35	2021-08-27 11:06

Reporter	Ckelley49242	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2021.2

Summary	0007297: unable to install
Description	procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-Waiting for cache lock:
Steps To Reproduce	procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by procesWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-Waiting for cache lock:
Additional Information	keeo

Michu 2021-08-26 16:27 reporter ~0015032	try to look for apt processes and kill them and try again

g0tmi1k 2021-08-27 11:06 administrator ~0015035	This isn't a Kali bug. This is because something else is already using `apt`. To fix this, requires some sys admin skills, rather than a bug report.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2021-08-26 13:35	Ckelley49242	New Issue
2021-08-26 16:27	Michu	Note Added: 0015032
2021-08-27 11:03	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal
2021-08-27 11:03	g0tmi1k	Summary	unable to install` => unable to install
2021-08-27 11:06	g0tmi1k	Status	new => closed
2021-08-27 11:06	g0tmi1k	Resolution	open => won't fix
2021-08-27 11:06	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0015035