Hi

I am having problem when I try to install any packages. I get these error messages. I am using Ubuntu 7.10

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpgk/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unvailable )
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

I have tried to install different packages and got the same error message.

What is the problem? Please help

Many thank

I'm assuming you're in a terminal when this happens. The Error message is pretty self explanatory... "Unable to lock the admin directory, is another process using it?".

Usually its because you have Synaptic open while running sudo apt-get something(synaptic has root locked). Sometimes, it's while you're trying to install something via terminal, and you're doing a system update. System Update has the system locked...

You need to find what program you have running that has the root privileges locked, and close it before proceeding.

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