Question #76713 on update-manager in ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/76713
marcobra (Marco Braida) proposed the following answer: Better... more detailed... The message: 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? is caused because another program that uses the package system is running. Make sure you're not already running Synaptic or apt-get in the background. Also, the system periodically checks for updates. While doing this, it triggers the lock that you're experiencing. Within ten minutes, it should have finished. If you still receive the message, you can try an assortment of these commands to try and get rid of the locks: Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type: sudo killall synaptic sudo killall apt-get sudo killall dpkg the system will ask you for a password give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter. or you can also simply reboot your pc... Thank you -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
