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Fixing “Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock”
I get a dpkg is locked error even after a reboot??? i can't do any apt-get related commands
E: Could not lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock is not available - open (11:Resource is temporarily unavailable)
E: The directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ not lock
E: Could not lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock is not available - open (11: Resource is temporarily unavailable)
E: Can beheersmap (/var/lib/dpkg/) not lock. Is it in use by another process?
(dutch ubuntu above err code has been translated with Google tranlsater)
update
I found the bug that caused this
i added a ppa that had Foxit Reader (PDF reader) installer in its repository.
the installer tries to download from a link that is dead and it continues to
download it. i have no patient i
CTRL-Z/C/X. it then paused the installer.
and then remaind locked.
do as @izx says
sudo rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
and then
sudo dpkg --configure -a
then also
sudo apt-get install -f
Remove the ppa from software-sources and then run in terminal
sudo apt-get purge foxit-installer
and just in case you want to clean everything.
run these
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get check
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
