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I coudn't update my newly installed ubuntu software. i get error like this

matha@matha-HCL-Notebook:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for matha: 
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
Avinash Raj
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Make sure no other software accessing the package management files is running. Likely culprits are the Software Center or Synaptic.

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