E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the download directory

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can't install updates

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said :
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You get this problem when another application is accessing apt to update your system. Best possible way to get away with the error message is to kill that certain application or you could just do a system restart and re-update your system.

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Soul-Sing (soulzing) said :
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That happens when synaptic or another package update / installation application is already running. Close any other package managers (including Add/Remove application, language pack installer, etc.) and retry.

or sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
    sudo apt-get update

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Best Soul-Sing (soulzing) said :
#3

is this solved?

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dree (cutecodewz) said :
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Thanks leoquant, that solved my question.