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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?
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That error message means that some other file is using dpkg by locking the file /var/lib/dpkg/lock. You can see what process is locking it by running
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
It usually is an update checking utility. Once the process ends, the file will be unlocked and you can use dpkg again.
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