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What is the proper way to back out software-center if it gets stuck inthe middle of a download

Asked by B Dice

I was downloading "mutt" from Ubuntu Software Center when the download got stuck halfway through. I dont want to just close the program because it might break my whole apt system. (it's happened to me before). What's the proper procedure for systematically recovering from this without screwing up apt all together? Thank you in advance for your advice.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Has it finished now? If not then reboot and run:

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a

It will resolve the issue with the packages.

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B Dice (bdice1986) said : 		#2

Thank you for sharing that with me. I will be sure to try it if or when it
happens again. I almost cant wait for it to break again so i can fix it!
Thanks again.

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> Has it finished now? If not then reboot and run:
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> sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock;sudo dpkg --configure -a
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> It will resolve the issue with the packages.
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B Dice (bdice1986) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.