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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 3476 (aptd) N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system. E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

Archisman Panigrahi
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dpkg is used by the automatic updates, use the following command to interrupt the process:

sudo pkill apt
sudo pkill dpkg
sudo dpkg --configure -a
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