Waiting for another package manager to quit

[Newbie-Xfce4-21.1.6]

Hi,

Im trying to install ProtonVPN on my newly (today) installed Manjaro Linux Xfce4 21.1.6…

BUT, its stuck on:
Waiting for another package manager to quit…

but all package managers are closed except the terminal pacman that the message came on…

pls any help is appreciated

im very new to Arch/Manjaro BTW

[jrichard326]

Logout and log back in

[Newbie-Xfce4-21.1.6]

i tried already

[Mirdarthos]

Rebooting. I don’t know if it’ll work or not. But it’s worth a shot. Then try installing it with pamac rather than pacman:

pamac build protonvpn-cli

[kisun]

Hello Newbie,

could you post the output of the following command:

lsof /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

[Newbie-Xfce4-21.1.6]

thanks! lemme check if it works

[Newbie-Xfce4-21.1.6]

did that too

[Newbie-Xfce4-21.1.6]

I think that image came all right…

`Edit build files : [e] 
Apply transaction ? [e/y/N] y

Waiting for another package manager to quit...`

still not working…

[kisun]

My command is not solving your problem. It is for searching what your problem is!

Shut all package manager. Open a terminal. Type in:

lsof /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

If it says

lsof: status error on /var/lib/pacman/db.lck: No such file or directory

the problem is in an other position.

If there is no output then ‘db.lck’-file is set (which block your package manager) and no program access it, so you can delete it with this command:

sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

If ‘lsof /var/…’ outputs a some programs or PIDs you have to close these programs befor deleting’db.lck’.

[Newbie-Xfce4-21.1.6]

OMG it worked my VPN is installing thanks!!