E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

时间:2022-09-22 13:36:40

question:


ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-23-generic$ sudo apt-get install cheese

[sudo] password for ubuntu: 


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?


how to solve this issue please help.


answar:


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