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pkill does not seem to remove dpkg process in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

I'm currently using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and I am trying to install GitLab via the instructions on https://www.linode.com/docs/development/version-control/install-gitlab-with-docker/.

Initially, I was following the instructions to download and install GitLab via Ubuntu 18.04 LTS at: https://about.gitlab.com/install/#ubuntu, which lead to a problem similar to the problem posed here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/637962/gitlab-install-is-stuck-at-0-on-ubuntu.

I then tried removing the processes involving dpkg with the help of sudo pkill gitlab, following the instructions posed at: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/94430/process-id-and-killing-process-ps-commmand.

However, I obtained the following error:

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Is there a way to resolve this such that you must manually run sudo dpkg --configure -' to correct the problem does not appear again?

Solution

  • To answer your specific question, running dpkg --configure -a once should resolve the issue and you won't see the message again on future apt install execution. This problem arises because you kill apt in the middle of it doing work.

    It seems like the root of the issue may be that you cannot access the GitLab package repository, or CloudFront, to pull the package?

    • Are you able to access https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ee from this system? i.e. curl https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ee
    • If the above works, can you try downloading an actual package manually to see if that works? i.e. wget --content-disposition https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ee/packages/ubuntu/xenial/gitlab-ee_12.2.4-ee.0_amd64.deb/download.deb

    The image itself is served via CloudFront. So I wonder if you're able to connect to https://packages.gitlab.com but not cloudfront.net once the actual file is served.