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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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waiting for cache lock, Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend.

sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
or 
sudo lsof /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
or
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
Posted by: Guest on September-07-2021

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