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I am using ubuntu 14.04 , While trying to install the scanner canon Lide220 using the command sudo apt-get install xsane the following message appears:

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?

What can I do to succesfully install it?

M. Becerra
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Aneesh Vijayan
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This might be caused by the auto-update task in the background, you can just try again a couple minutes later to see if this issue still exist.

Or if you want, you can disable the auto-update by following these steps:

  1. Open the Dash
  2. Search for "Software & Updates"
  3. Select the "Updates" tab.
  4. Change "Automatically check for updates" from "Daily" to "Never".

After disabling the auto-update, it will stop the daily task to update the software list. See the reference link for more detail. And you won't be blocked by this (auto-update in the background issue) in the future.

Reference: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/how-to-disable-automatic-update-ubuntu

P.-H. Lin
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  • Again, the following message seen – Aneesh Vijayan Jan 13 '17 at 10:33
  • [sudo] password for itcell1: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package xsane     – Aneesh Vijayan Jan 13 '17 at 10:33
  • This package is available on 14.04 "universe". Open your "Software & Updates", make sure the "universe" option is enabled in the "Ubuntu Software" tab. Run sudo apt-get update after closing "Software & Updates" to update the software list. And try again, if it's still not working, deb file is available here on launchpad. Install it with sudo dpkg -i xsane_0.998-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb – P.-H. Lin Jan 13 '17 at 11:06
  • This will 1) not stop the currently running automatic update and 2) disable automatic updates in the future. -1 – David Foerster Jan 14 '17 at 10:15
  • Thanks, if you try it tomorrow, this won't happen, right? – P.-H. Lin Jan 14 '17 at 14:53