[Bug 1243677] [NEW] sudo apt-get update not working

Ashutosh Tiwari ashutoshtiwari996 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 23 11:59:14 UTC 2013


Public bug reported:

WHEN I ENTER apt-get update...i get this...

naveen at naveen-Extensa-4620:~$ sudo apt-get update
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
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?
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
THANKS IN ADVANCE

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  sudo apt-get update not working

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  WHEN I ENTER apt-get update...i get this...

  naveen at naveen-Extensa-4620:~$ sudo apt-get update
  E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
  E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
  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?
  WHAT SHOULD I DO?
  THANKS IN ADVANCE

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