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 updateE: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
ps aux | grep -i aptE: 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-frontendE: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0004' near line 0:
newline in field name '#padding'why upgrade ubuntu then frequently shows this message "It iwating for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock.frontend.
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