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when I use apt-get install on kubuntu-desktop ,I get an error like this:

E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the download directory

Why did this happene and how can I solve it? Thank you!

Dr_Bunsen
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This can happen for 2 reasons

  1. Another program(like software centrum) is checking for updates
  2. Somehow you interrupted aptitude while it was busy(ctrl + c, or powerloss etc)

If you are sure you nothing else is running aptitude(ps -e | grep -e apt -e adept | grep -v grep), delete the lockfile

sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

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