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Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Written on 29 December, 2008 – 6:53 pm | by dedyisn | 2,713 views

when i want to install cairo-dock, i get this error. This is because I am stop the download process while it download package :

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?

E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock – open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory


Sometime this error come up when we open synaptic package manager at the same time or synaptic already running. To fix this problem just Close any other package managers

if that doesn’t make effect , do this
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

After that, you can continue your install any packages

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  1. 5 Responses to “Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock”

  2. pagesec1No Gravatar (1 comments.) on Sep 3, 2009

    Internet Explorer 7.0 Windows XP

    Nice post, thanks for the info.

    Reply

    dedyisnNo Gravatar (80 comments.) on Sep 8, 2009

    Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 Windows XP

    Your welcome :D

    Reply

    r-breedNo Gravatar on May 8, 2010

    Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Linux

    i did this and said yes to remove it and it said:
    rm cannot remove /var/lib/dpkg/lock: permission denied

    do you know what i can do?

    Reply

    dedyisnNo Gravatar (80 comments.) on May 24, 2010

    Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 Windows XP

    it just permission problem, you must be root user to this action

    ada sudo in front of your command

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

    If it need password, then input your login password
    that’s all

    Reply

  3. izarNo Gravatar on Dec 7, 2010

    Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 Ubuntu Linux

    terima kasih banyak, berhasil berhasil berhasil… hore!
    :sip::sip:

    Reply

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