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Here are the details which terminal output when trying to remove or upgrade

I tried autoremove - install configure dpkg and nothings work for me

Removing nvidia-331 (331.89-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.2) ...
stop: Unknown instance: 
userdel: existing lock file /etc/subgid.lock without a PID
userdel: cannot lock /etc/subgid; try again later.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-331 (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 18
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-331
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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  • Try sudo apt-get install -f and post the results here.
    – amanthethy
    Aug 11, 2014 at 18:44
  • Same error massage I get after sudo apt-get install -f
    – Ravindu Gunathilake
    Aug 12, 2014 at 5:28

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The solution in post #4 of How do I uninstall this program (jetty) fixed this problem for me.

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    Aug 12, 2014 at 7:40

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