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I have 2 major problems:

When I open Synaptic, it says that the package linux-image-5.3.0-26-generic is broken. I tried to fix it using the button Fix broken packages and removing it. But it gives me this message:

E: linux-image-5.3.0-26-generic: installed linux-image-5.3.0-26-generic package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1``

I tried some console commands seen in other answers but they did not work:

$ sudo apt install -f 
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

$ sudo apt-get autoremove 
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

After that I decided to reinstall Ubuntu. But the desktop icons seem to not work when I double-click or right click-> open. Because of that I cannot open the Ubuntu LiveUSB.

The point is:

that broken package does not allow me to install or uninstall anything and due to the fact that I cannot open desktop icons I really don't know what to do.

I have tried every guide but I have not succeeded yet.

Sorry for the confusion but I am totally new in linux.

I'll appreciate any help.

Kulfy
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Make sure you have other kernels installed by commands output:

cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg | grep '/boot/vmlinuz-'
dpkg --list | grep linux-image | grep ii
ls /boot | grep vmlinuz

Check also your current running kernel:

uname -a

If there's a kernel you could boot from alongside with broken package kernel, you could try this command:

sudo apt purge linux-*5.3.0-26-*
Gryu
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