On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 20:01 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > When I tried it, the screen package was downloaded but failed to install > with the claim that some directory was locked so the changes couldn't be > written. This is not the first package that fails this way over here > that was in etch and this is happening in lenny. Any ideas as to how to > clear this error? > I've never seen this error unless you try it as a normal user. It's the /var/cache/apt/ tree that is usually locked. But it doesn't make sense if it downloads the package. So you'll need to help us to help yourself and be a little more descriptive of what happens when you attempt what command. Gena
