Complete HOW-TO Linux Mint 18.1 32/64 RTAI or PREEMPT with RIP install or deb

I bit the bullet and partitioned and still have Mint, complete. Hopefully this dummies post will be of use to somebody

Well I tried to do this "easy" install and obviously I am doing something very wrong. Got as far as

"sudo apt-get install libgnomeprintui2.2-dev python-support tcl8.4-dev tk8.4-dev?

and then

"

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sudo apt-get install libgnomeprintui2.2-dev python-support tcl8.4-dev tk8.4-dev
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?"

Very much appreciate some assistance as many have installed so why am I having problems?

E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?"

You have a package manger open. Therefore you can not use apt via the console. Close package installer and/or software manager.

Thanks very much and I did have package manager open as I was trying to resolve further problems. Got a few step further on but then

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
python-imaging-tk : Depends: python-imaging (= 1.1.7-4) but 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.1 is to be installed
python-pil.imagetk : Breaks: python-imaging-tk (< 1.1.7+2.0.0-1.1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Which I think I was trying to resolve. I am not all that clued up so just try things possibly incorrectly so your guidance much appreciated

What Mint version are you trying to install? 32 bit or 64 bit.

Did you do a sudo apt-get update? or upgrade distro?

I need the print out of the console to help you better. [copy and paste that in here if you have internet access on the machine/computer]

32 bit
I did the updates
A bit of guidance please "console"?
I am am line

Is the consul the system log and which one?

This box is the "console". You can highlight the contents when you enter something then paste it into the forum, or put it in a text file so I can see exactly what you are doing.

This will help me/others see what's going on.


Which version of Linux mint? 18.2 ect.. Which Flavor [cinnamon ect..]

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Release: 18.3
Codename: sylvia

I purchased a new flash drive and am now on Mint 18.3 xfce 64 bit.
Got further on this time but failed at kernel build
wget www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects...-4.8.11-rt7.patch.gz
--2018-02-15 15:24:08-- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects...-4.8.11-rt7.patch.gz
Resolving www.kernel.org (www.kernel.org)... 147.75.205.195, 2604:1380:2000:f000::7
Connecting to www.kernel.org (www.kernel.org)|147.75.205.195|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 199355 (195K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘patch-4.8.11-rt7.patch.gz.4’

patch-4.8.11-rt7.pa 100%[===================>] 194.68K 1.19MB/s in 0.2s

2018-02-15 15:24:09 (1.19 MB/s) - ‘patch-4.8.11-rt7.patch.gz.4’ saved [199355/199355]

hamish@hamish-Presario-CQ57-Notebook-PC ~ $ tar -xpf linux-4.8.11.tar.xz
tar: linux-4.8.11.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
hamish@hamish-Presario-CQ57-Notebook-PC ~ $ tar -xpf linux-4.8.11.tar.xz
tar: linux-4.8.11.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
hamish@hamish-Presario-CQ57-Notebook-PC ~ $