doppelganger@Computah:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libssl0.9.8 (0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.2) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process
dpkg: error processing libssl0.9.8 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openssl:
 openssl depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8a-1); however:
  Package libssl0.9.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing openssl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libssl0.9.8
 openssl