I accidentally stopped the installation of mysql while setting the root password and now I can't, neither open the application, nor uninstall it.
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql*
returns
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 10071 (apt-get)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
can anyone please help me?