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update error ubuntu 16.04

Asked by Henry Folorunsho

Hi
Please kindly assist with error message when update laptop in 16.04 ubuntu

Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

cd $HOME
wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
chmod +x ./fixpackage
sudo ./fixpackage

hope that helps.

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Henry Folorunsho (henryxav) said : 		#2

Thank you. No luck still having problems

Err:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Can you give the full output please.

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Henry Folorunsho (henryxav) said : 		#4

solved

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