Software Management

[Mammut]

Hello,

i tried ebox since Version 1.0.
Now i am using Version 1.2 on a mini-itx board with 1.5 GHz and 1GB RAM and 370GB Harddisk.
The Web-Interface is a bit slow but its right for me.
No to the question:
The Software Management is currently unavailable for me.
Message:

Software management is currently locked by ebox-software. Please, try again later.

I never get the software list in this Version. I had seen the list in earlier versions from ebox.

At Console i can run the command
apt-get update
and
apt-get upgrade
No errors.
Has anybody an idea to fix this problem?
Thank you for your help

[javi]

Could you please check if you have an apt-get command running?

[Mammut]

To check if an apt is running i try the command:

ps uax | grep apt

The result is that there is no running apt

[javi]

Have you tried more than once? Maybe it was the normal behaviour of the locking mechanisim...

[Mammut]

I tried it now more than once.
The result is always the same.
I tried to reboot the server and then goto the "Software Management".
But the same result.

[sixstone]

If you are sure that there is no apt-get process running, then remove the lock file. Something should happen. The lock file is located at /var/lib/ebox/tmp/ebox-software-lock.

Best regards,

[Mammut]

Good Idea.
But nothing happens.
In this directory there are many lock-Files.
i removed the ebox-software-lock-File.
Also after a reboot the File does not appear again but still the errormessage is in the Webinterface from ebox.
i am sorry....
nothing happens
Here are the lock-Files in the /var/lib/ebox/tmp Directory
/var/lib/postgrey/postgrey.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/dhcp.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/jabber.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/apache.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/printers.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/logs.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/l7-protocols.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/services.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/monitor.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/mailfilter.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/openvpn.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/trafficshaping.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/firewall.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/asterisk.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/egroupware.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/mail.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/ids.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/usercorner.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/events.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/ebackup.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/objects.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/squid.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/antivirus.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/users.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/ca.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/software.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/network.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/webserver.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/dns.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/samba.lock
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/ntp.lock

I think that is correct

[Mammut]

Now it is working.
I didnt do anything.
It solves it self over night.
thank you very much for your help.

[sixstone]

Hello mammut,

I forgot to tell you to run sudo ebox-software after removing the lock. This is done every midnight to check if there is any update available...

Best regards and thanks for your feedback,

[Mammut]

Thank you very much for this reply.
I think that was it.
Now i have a procedure if this error appears the next time.
Best regards
Mammut

[melkortheevil]

I installed fresh copy of eBox 1.2.
I am getting following error when trying to open System updates or remove eBox component. Apt is not running on the background.

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\n$VAR1 = bless( {
                 '-stacktrace' => 'Software management is currently  locked by ebox-software. Please, try again later at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/Software.pm line 572
EBox::Software::_isModLocked(\'EBox::Software=HASH(0x903f0a8)\') called at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/Software.pm line 370
EBox::Software::listPackageRemoveDepends(\'EBox::Software=HASH(0x903f0a8)\', \'ARRAY(0xa9a12cc)\') called at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CGI/Software/InstallPkgs.pm line 122
EBox::CGI::Software::InstallPkgs::showConfirmationPage(\'EBox::CGI::Software::InstallPkgs=HASH(0xa99d990)\', \'remove\', \'ARRAY(0xa9a12cc)\') called at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CGI/Software/InstallPkgs.pm line 71
EBox::CGI::Software::InstallPkgs::_process(\'EBox::CGI::Software::InstallPkgs=HASH(0xa99d990)\') called at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CGI/Base.pm line 261
EBox::CGI::Base::run(\'EBox::CGI::Software::InstallPkgs=HASH(0xa99d990)\') called at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CGI/Run.pm line 120
EBox::CGI::Run::run(\'EBox::CGI::Run\', \'Software/InstallPkgs\', \'EBox\') called at /usr/share/ebox/cgi/ebox.cgi line 19
ModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::usr_share_ebox_cgi_ebox_2ecgi::handler(\'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0xa084258)\') called at /usr/lib/perl5/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 204
eval {...} called at /usr/lib/perl5/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 204
ModPerl::RegistryCooker::run(\'ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0xa0d9d34)\') called at /usr/lib/perl5/ModPerl/RegistryCooker.pm line 170
ModPerl::RegistryCooker::default_handler(\'ModPerl::Registry=HASH(0xa0d9d34)\') called at /usr/lib/perl5/ModPerl/Registry.pm line 31
ModPerl::Registry::handler(\'ModPerl::Registry\', \'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0xa084258)\') called at -e line 0
eval {...} called at -e line 0
',
                 '-file' => '/usr/share/perl5/EBox/Software.pm',
                 '-text' => 'Software management is currently  locked by ebox-software. Please, try again later',
                 '-line' => 572,
                 '-package' => 'EBox::Software'
               }, 'EBox::Exceptions::External' );


[dragonslayr]

I believe sixstone just answered that question.

Remove this file
/var/lib/ebox/tmp/ebox-software-lock

Then run this command
sudo ebox-software

[melkortheevil]

I've already followed the instructions. Interesting, it didn't work last time but works this time.
Thank you.