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Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open

Asked by UPT-BIT LIPI

extron@Extron:~$ sudo apt-get install liblockfile-ruby
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?

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please be sure there is not other package manager opened in your system...

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

Do you have synaptic open or updates running?

Have you tried a reboot... ?

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UPT-BIT LIPI (j-admin-mail-bit-lipi-go-id) said : 		#3

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.