Hi Spandan, Before deleting the lock file, check if the dpkg/apt process is already running on the system (ps -eaf | grep -i apt). Sometimes apt process keep running which locks the dpkg-lib. Only remove the lock file once you see that no dpkg or apt processes are running.
_________________________________________________________ Regards, Abhishek Singh On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Roshan Gautam <[email protected]> wrote: > try removing the lock file in the directory /var/lib/dpkg/ > sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock > > > On 21 September 2015 at 20:57, spandan pradhan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I need help regarding installing softwares on ubuntu 12 . When i try to >> install any software it gives error. For example >> >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-multiload/stable-daily >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload >> >> then i get error like >> >> >> *E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily >> unavailable)E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), >> is another process us*ing it? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Spandan Pradhan >> >> -- >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "FOSS Nepal" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FOSS Nepal" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
