unable to lock admin dir

Question

How do I fix a Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock problem?

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

Answer 1

Use "sudo" at the beginning of your command

sudo apt-get install [....whatever....]