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Old 02-17-2012, 04:16 PM   #1
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Question E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)

PLEASE HELP!
i installed ubuntu just few hours ago but
Unfortunately, now when I try to run apt-get update I get:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
what should i do??????
 
Old 02-17-2012, 04:19 PM   #2
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Hi and welcome to LQ.

Check you haven't got another instance of apt-get running (or any of its gui frontends - synaptic or whatever ubuntu now uses)
 
  


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