Problem with installing apps

Question

i Just joined to linux.

But i have a problem with app installing. i'm using mint 16. The first app i tried got installed but i get this warning during installing every other apps.

But i connected to the internet.

How can i fix it?

I got this when i'm trying to install via terminal

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?

In addition, i can't install a new language. I got this error:

Could you try installing the app via the terminal ? Press ctrl + alt + t and type: sudo apt-get install okular. If you get any error there, please edit your question and add the logs from the terminal. — Sourav Badami, Jan 15 '17 at 08:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '17 at 08:07

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try run this command in terminal

sudo apt-get update

and

sudo apt-get upgrade

after that install your desired apps.

if not fixed try comment again here.

I hope it can help

answered Jan 15 '17 at 08:07

ryanw

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I got a bunch of this error: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/inxi/inxi_1.9.12-1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80] – MR_BD Jan 15 '17 at 08:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '17 at 09:25

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It appears that some old apt thread is locking the file. You need to find which process is using it and kill it. Follow this:

Try to find which process is using ps aux | grep apt.
Type, kill -9 <processnumber>.
Update using sudo apt-get update.
Install okular using sudo apt-get install okular.

If the method mentioned above doesn't work, try this:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock.
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock.
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock.
Update using sudo apt-get update.
Install okular using sudo apt-get install okular.

I hope it helps.

answered Jan 15 '17 at 09:25

Sourav Badami

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i got this after first command: 7306 0.0 0.0 4448 828 pts/0 S+ 12:59 0:00 grep --colour=auto apt – MR_BD Jan 15 '17 at 09:30
What i type instead of – MR_BD Jan 15 '17 at 09:31
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Use this instead: killall -9 apt-get. Although your process id is 7306. – Sourav Badami Jan 15 '17 at 09:33
apt-get: no process found – MR_BD Jan 15 '17 at 09:34
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Maybe you could try the other method. – Sourav Badami Jan 15 '17 at 09:35
i got this: http://s8.picofile.com/file/8282500900/24.png – MR_BD Jan 15 '17 at 09:38
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It appears that there's some issue connecting to the server. Could you try changing the server location from Software Sources ? Change the source for the base mirror. – Sourav Badami Jan 15 '17 at 09:42
How can i do this? it means i connect to some other networks? – MR_BD Jan 15 '17 at 09:46
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Type software-sources in terminal. You can then select alternative servers for the repositories. – Sourav Badami Jan 15 '17 at 09:57
I traveled to Ubuntu and problem fixed. thanks a lot... – MR_BD Jan 16 '17 at 10:57
Hi. I installed windows after linux and grub are not loading. So how can I load ubunto? – MR_BD Jan 17 '17 at 21:00
Can you boot into windows ? If yes, then follow this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/683108/grub-menu-not-showing-at-boot. – Sourav Badami Jan 18 '17 at 17:15
Thanks. I reach my files using a Linux reader software throughout windows – MR_BD Jan 19 '17 at 14:29

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