ubuntu安装软件提示:Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)(

Posted 2020-09-02 xtusir

question:

 

[email protected]:/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