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I tried to install skype following this guide. But whenever i run command: sudo apt install skype, i get this message:

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?

How to fix it?

d a i s y
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nilaktr
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Is it possible that you are installing another package simultaneously? If yes, wait for it to finish. If not:

The first thing you should try is killing the process.

ps aux | grep apt

If the output is any apt or apt-get process that seems stuck you can kill it with 

kill processnumber

or if that does not work use

kill -9 processnumber

If both dont work, you can try to remove the lock-file with

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

Be careful with this! Try the other option first! You could possibly end up with a broken system. After that try to install it again.

jrdnbelfort
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