Answers for "Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission d enied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are y ou root?"

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dpkg: error: dpkg frontend lock was locked by another process with pid 4368

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Posted by: Guest on November-30-2020
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E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

sudo must be used before and after &&
Example:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Posted by: Guest on January-09-2021

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