dpkg

i tried to install bluemarine on ubuntu it tried to install sun jre but it hangs for 5 hrs while configuring it .since then i am unable to install any thing like any *.deb file it say synaptic is already running and it says E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure...

i am using ubuntu 7.10 Problem 1) when i am giving the command: sudo dpkg -i <any debian package>.deb it says dpkg: status database area is locked by another process what should i do? i even tried alien but the same error... Problem 2) Till yesterday everything was fine with my...

Hi all switched to Kubuntu atm. :) Now I did not like Konqueror plz suggest me the code to instal Firefox.. I downloaded the .tar.gz from site but I donno how to treat it... Also how to make an icon i Desktop. I did buy right click Application Link but it ain't working I mean of drives :( '...

When i try to install i get the following error: root@tushar:/home/tushar/Desktop# dpkg -i ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb dpkg: error processing ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb (--install): package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64) Errors were encountered while processing...