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This is the output I get while trying the sudo apt-get update Running Ubuntu 16.10

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
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?
Sumeet Deshmukh
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Richard Dennis
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First try to reboot and it should get fixed, if it doesn't and you're sure that their are no other running apt processes then run following commands, these commands might hurt something that they shouldn't. (you've been warned)

You can delete the lock file with the following command:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

You may also need to delete the lock file in the cache directory

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

After that, try updating again

sudo apt-get update
Sumeet Deshmukh
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