Locked admin directory ???

[Tom H]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Larry <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:
> I have a problem with not being able to install or even use apt-get
> because I keep getting this...
>
> 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?
>
> Does anyone know how to kill this processor that seems to be still
> open...???

You have to be root or use sudo.