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When I try to install through my terminal I get this error:

enyel@Alexandria:~$ sudo apt-get unsettings
E: Invalid operation unsettings
enyel@Alexandria:~$ sudo apt-get install unsettings
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

I already added the PPA and updated it, can anyone help?

Florian Diesch
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XxSkarllexiusxX
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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

This tells you that another dpkg or apt command is already running. Please inspect your running processes with `ps auxw |egrep -e 'apt|dpkg'

  • If such a program is running, kill it.
  • If really no such program is running, delete the lock file: sudo rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/lock

For sanity invoke dpkg --configure -a

H.-Dirk Schmitt
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Run

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get install unsettings

chad
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