Thread: Cannot Install GIMP on 12.04

hello everyone,

had gimp installed , working fine on previous install of ubuntu (11.10), , when updated 12.04, each time start gimp, bring errors , crash.

removed gimp, purged etc, when try install gimp again, following errors:

code:

nick@nick-p5k-premium:~$ sudo apt-get install gimp  e: not lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: resource temporarily unavailable)  e: unable lock administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), process using it?  nick@nick-p5k-premium:~$

i tried follow this thread on @ lq.org still getting same error.

have tried fix broken packages using synaptic>edit>fix broken packages , message @ lower left of screen stating: "successfully fixed dependency problems!"

not sure else try...

gratefully received.

update:

carrying out following command:

code:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

i following:

code:

nick@nick-p5k-premium:~$ sudo apt-get install gimp  reading package lists... done  building dependency tree         reading state information... done  packages not installed. may mean have  requested impossible situation or if using unstable distribution required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of incoming.  following information may resolve situation:    following packages have unmet dependencies.   gimp : depends: libgimp2.0 (<= 2.6.12-z) 2.7.3-2011052002~nn installed          depends: gimp-data (<= 2.6.12-z) 2.7.3-2011052002~nn installed  e: unable correct problems, have held broken packages.  nick@nick-p5k-premium:~$

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