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i am using ubuntu15.04. when i am trying to install to something in my pc from terminal then following problem arise:

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 dont understand what its mean. someone help me to solve this problem

muru
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It means that another process/application uses the package system. Probably you have the Ubuntu Software Center running or you are currently installing software updates. So close the Software Center before you use apt-get on the command line.

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