Package: dpkg
Essential: yes
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 6390
Maintainer: Kali Developers <[email protected]>
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: foreign
Version: 1.22.6+kali1
Depends: tar (>= 1.28-1)
Pre-Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), liblzma5 (>= 5.4.0), libmd0 (>= 0.0.0), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: apt, debsig-verify
Breaks: libapt-pkg5.0 (<< 1.7~b), lsb-base (<< 10.2019031300)
Conffiles: /etc/alternatives/README 7be88b21f7e386c8d5a8790c2461c92b /etc/cron.daily/dpkg 94bb6c1363245e46256908a5d52ba4fb /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg f4413ffb515f8f753624ae3bb365b81b /etc/logrotate.d/alternatives 5fe0af6ce1505fefdc158d9e5dbf6286 /etc/logrotate.d/dpkg 9e25c8505966b5829785f34a548ae11f
Description: Debian package management system This package provides the low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages. . For Debian package development tools, install dpkg-dev.
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>

Package: dpkg-dev
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 1697
Maintainer: Kali Developers <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Multi-Arch: foreign
Source: dpkg
Version: 1.22.6+kali1
Provides: dpkg-build-api (= 0), dpkg-build-api (= 1)
Depends: perl:any, libdpkg-perl (= 1.22.6+kali1), tar (>= 1.28-1), bzip2, xz-utils (>= 5.4.0), patch (>= 2.7), make, binutils
Recommends: build-essential, gcc | c-compiler, fakeroot, gnupg | sq | sqop | pgpainless-cli | sequoia-chameleon-gnupg, gpgv | sq | sqop | pgpainless-cli | sequoia-chameleon-gnupg, libalgorithm-merge-perl
Suggests: debian-keyring
Breaks: debhelper (<< 10.10.1~), libsop-java-java (<< 4.0.7~), pgpainless-cli (<< 1.3.13~), sq (<< 0.33.0~), sqop (<< 0.27.2~)
Conffiles: /etc/dpkg/shlibs.default 1a2b9d0a869e2aa885ae3621c557fb95 /etc/dpkg/shlibs.override 84b1e69080569cc5c613a50887af5200
Description: Debian package development tools This package provides the development tools (including dpkg-source) required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages. . Most Debian source packages will require additional tools to build; for example, most packages need make and the C compiler gcc. Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>

1. Exact and complete text of what I typed:
   a. sudo apt install flatpak
   b. sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
   c. flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
   d. sudo apt install ./LibreOffice_24.8.1_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz
   e. sudo apt install ./LibreOffice_24.8.1_Linux_x86-64_deb
   i. Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held ^Z process 7194 (apt)... 0s
   f. ps aux | grep -i apt
   i. root 7194 0.0 0.8 77748 67116 pts/1 T+ 08:38 0:01 apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
   g. sudo kill 7194
   i. did not kill process - process remained - dpkg remains locked an hour later.

2. Kernel: Linux localhost 6.10.9-amd64 0000001 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 6.10.9-1kali1 (2024-09-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux

3. shared C library: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1958352 Aug 25 19:16 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6

4. Cannot install reportbug due to locked dpkg...

5. Restarting Kali twice did unlock dpkg and libreoffice now installed

6. I have had multiple occurrences of dpkg issues since booting Kali for the first time 24 hours ago. Restarting the os does not seem for a very efficient way to go. Can I help fix this bug and make dpkg more robust?