broken files and apt get locked

[Karl]

uriah heep wrote:
> I was using the KDE apt get program but to the best of my knowledge
> shut it down.  Obviously something is not closed as I keep getting
> message that another program is using apt get.  What I do not know.  I
> just want to be able to close what ever it is. And then replace the
> broken files.
> 
This command will list the processes using the package system lock file 
and ask if you want to kill them:

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Karl