# Uninstall/Install

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninstall-install/203086>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [February 12, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninstall-install/203086 "2011-02-12T03:36:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninstall-install/203086/1 "2011-02-12T03:36:05Z")

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I uninstalled Mailman in hopes to start over, but when I try to install  
I  
get the following errors:

No updates are necessary.

- Starting Mailman master qrunner mailmanctl  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl”, line 555, in   
main()  
File “/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl”, line 390, in main  
lock = acquire\_lock(force)  
File “/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl”, line 214, in acquire\_lock  
lock = acquire\_lock\_1(force)  
File “/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl”, line 199, in acquire\_lock\_1  
lock.lock(0.1)  
File “/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py”, line 243, in lock  
self.\_\_write()  
File “/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py”, line 422, in \_\_write  
fp = open(self.\_\_tmpfname, ‘w’)  
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:  
‘/var/lib/mailman/locks/master-qrunner.host366.mulyoo.tv.24179.1’  
…fail!  
invoke-rc.d: initscript mailman, action “start” failed.  
dpkg: error processing mailman (–configure):  
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
mailman  
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)  
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:  
Setting up mailman (1:2.1.9-9ubuntu1.2) …  
Looking for enabled languages (this may take some time) … done.  
Installing site language en …  
done.  
No updates are necessary.

Is there any hope to remedy this?