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I'm trying to install latex in 17.04 using 

sudo apt-get install texlive-full texmaker

but it returns

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 can I fix that problem?

Zanna
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problem_guy
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  • it seems another process is running an update or something. Did you try to reboot? Sometimes Ubuntu is running an automatic update and therefore the dpkg is locked for a certain time – derHugo Jul 20 '17 at 16:08
  • And do you really need texlive-full? Usually it is better to just install texlive base and let texmaker download required packages on runtime to save a lot of diskspace – derHugo Jul 20 '17 at 16:09

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You cant have more than 1 app installing at once, this includes updates, any apt commands or any other installers that use dpkg (.deb files too.)

if you dont have something like that open, try typing ps -ef | grep apt to see if anything is running.

gido5731
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