Error installing vim

Question

I am running Ubuntu 14.04, as Xubuntu, in an AMD 64 pc, configured as dual boot with Windows 7. I tried installing vim with this:

This was the output:

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?

Which code did you execute to try and install vim? Which code produced the error when run? — , Jan 15 '15 at 18:05
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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '15 at 18:24

There are usually at least 2 common reasons:

Either you aren't executing this command as root (typing id shows you who you're logged in as or
Something else is managing packages at the same time you're trying to install a new one.

To verify if there's anything else managing packages at this time, run ps -ef | grep dpkg - if you get dpkg processes in the output, just wait a bit and retry after they're gone.

Make sure to attempt the installation as root via:

sudo aptitude install vim

Error installing vim

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