After installing I click on Avast icon and registration window opens. I insert the registration number and get the following error. “Deleted stale lock file ‘/home/joelw/.avast/lockfile-joelw’.” How do I get this to run, please keep in mind I am new to Ubuntu. Thanks.
P.S. UPDATE: I deleted the .avast folder, then ran and inserted the registration and ran the program. As soon as I click update database it downloads then quits. I then try to get back into the program and I get the original error.
Well, that is a temporary file that was not deleted correctly. This happens when avast application is not correctly closed (but crashed).
I use Kubuntu, but I’m not an expert on avast for Linux and Linux itself. I did not make any manual changes to my avast installation on Linux. I don’t know the consequences of deleting that folder. But, if I were you, I’ll install avast again.
Installed twice already and it crashes everytime I download the latest updates. Just reinstalled again the clicked on update and it finished updating then closed by itself. I tried to run it and nothing happened. I then removed .avast file hidden in home folder and started again. There has got to be a way to fix this.
Not a thing, I ended up removing by searching and using terminal with the command gksudo nautilus the ctrl-H to view hidden files and deleating one at a time.