Answers for "Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?"

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Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

ps aux | grep -i dpkg

// Kill processes which are running
sudo kill -9 <pid>

// Restart the accounts daemon
sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon
Posted by: Guest on January-09-2021
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Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

Method 1
ps aux | grep -i apt
sudo kill -9 <process_id>

Method 2

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

sudo kill -9 <process_id>

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

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt update
Posted by: Guest on September-03-2020
2

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

ps aux | grep -i apt

sudo kill <process_id>
# Check if the process was killed by running the ‘ps aux | grep -i apt’ command. If it is still running, force kill it with SIGKILL signal:

sudo kill -9 <process_id>
# Another, easier way would be to use the killall command. This will kill all the instances of a running program:

sudo killall apt apt-get
Posted by: Guest on August-12-2020
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E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

sudo kill -9 PID
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
sudo apt update
Posted by: Guest on November-03-2020
0

Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

ps aux | grep -i apt
Posted by: Guest on November-03-2020
0

Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

For godaddy users. Please check if your firewall is not blocking port number
2224 which can essentially lead to file permission issue even you are logged in
as the root user.

https://in.godaddy.com/help/unblock-ports-required-for-my-gen-4-server-27924
Posted by: Guest on March-30-2021

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