Public bug reported:

couldn't able to install any application from software center
It shows the following
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another 
process using it?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lintian 2.5.43 [modified: usr/share/doc/lintian/api.html/index.html 
usr/share/doc/lintian/changelog.gz usr/share/lintian/commands/lintian 
usr/share/lintian/frontend/dplint]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-54-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun  8 11:44:19 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:lintian:2.5.43 [modified: usr/share/doc/lintian/api.html/index.html 
usr/share/doc/lintian/changelog.gz usr/share/lintian/commands/lintian 
usr/share/lintian/frontend/dplint]
 Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package lintian (--configure):
  package lintian is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package lintian is not ready for configuration  cannot configure 
(current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 
(20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt  1.2.20
SourcePackage: lintian
Title: package lintian 2.5.43 [modified: 
usr/share/doc/lintian/api.html/index.html usr/share/doc/lintian/changelog.gz 
usr/share/lintian/commands/lintian usr/share/lintian/frontend/dplint] failed to 
install/upgrade: package lintian is not ready for configuration  cannot 
configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: lintian (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package xenial

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Title:
  package lintian 2.5.43 [modified:
  usr/share/doc/lintian/api.html/index.html
  usr/share/doc/lintian/changelog.gz usr/share/lintian/commands/lintian
  usr/share/lintian/frontend/dplint] failed to install/upgrade: package
  lintian is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current
  status 'half-installed')

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