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Old 04-28-2022, 07:49 PM   #1
pkeene
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cant update thunder bird


it says error occurred
and this come up
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 2840 (aptd)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

W: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.
if anybody knows what i need to do that would be cool
 
Old 04-28-2022, 08:07 PM   #2
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Do you have some other program that also uses the repos open at the same time, such as, for example, Synaptic?

Last edited by frankbell; 04-28-2022 at 08:07 PM. Reason: grammar
 
Old 04-28-2022, 08:12 PM   #3
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When you boot the computer aptd runs and checks for updates. Just wait a minute or so till it finishes.
 
  


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