Answers for "Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (2: No such file or directory)"

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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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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
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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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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock*
Posted by: Guest on July-09-2021
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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/locksudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock-frontend
Posted by: Guest on March-07-2021

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