MCE installer problem

[womble]

Hi
Totally new to linux!
I have ubuntu 6.1 installed and updated ok but when i go to run the installer it comes up with the message "only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time" but i cant see how to tell what else is running and how to turn it off?

[gwyden]

Make sure there are not any updated ready to be installed (usually at the top right on the screen) and if all else fails hit ctrl+alt+backspace and reload your X session. Open the package Manager from the Administration menu and see if that runs. If it does close it and run the install again.

[womble]

Ok tried to run the package installer and I get an error message saying i need to manually run dpkg --configure -a?

How do i run this?

[sharlee_angelo]

run it in a console.