DPKG Error Code need help

[domdelbuco]

Hello forum, im new here and this is my first post. Ive been using Linux for about a year now and i just started using mint, im still a newbie.

Basically the problem i been running into today and yesterday is an error code "E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)"
I went to the bin folder and couldnt find dpkg, so that might be the problem, but i do not know where to start,


Here is what i tried doing:
dom@DomsLinux ~ $ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching ttf-mscorefonts-installer:amd64
Setting up man-db (2.6.1-2) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libpam-winbind (2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing libpam-winbind (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
man-db
libpam-winbind
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


Ive also seen this post on a few other forums and every solution is not working for me because whenever i try and apt-get, the code comes up. Also Synaptic Package Manager does not like to open anymore because it thinks im sudo somewhere else

Please help!!
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[mads]

You can only use one package management program at a time. For instance you shouldn't open Synaptic and Software Center at the same time.
Other than that, check out the solutions provided by "feral-deb" (post #6) here and Thomas Zahreddin (post #8) here.