Error while trying installation using sudo apt-get install

Question

I'm getting this error while using sudo apt-get install command

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it

How do I solve it?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 06 '19 at 09:58

This should be used as last resort. If you use this carelessly you can end up with a broken system. Please try the other answers first before doing this.

You can delete the lock file with the following command:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

You may also need to delete the lock file in the cache directory

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

After then, updates the package lists :

sudo apt-get update

Source

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 06 '19 at 08:15

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You can try to reconfigure all unpacked but unconfigured packages by typing the following into a terminal :

sudo dpkg reconfigure -a

edited Jun 06 '19 at 08:15

efthialex

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answered Jun 06 '19 at 06:58

Francesco Taddia

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Error while trying installation using sudo apt-get install

2 Answers2

This should be used as last resort. If you use this carelessly you can end up with a broken system. Please try the other answers first before doing this.