How to fix Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) error in Linux

by | Dec 19, 2014 | Howtos, Linux, OS, Servers, Troubleshooting | 0 comments

Some of you may experience this error in your life if you are using linux .it happens when previous installation…
Some of you may experience this error in your life if you are using linux .it happens when previous installation fails , here is the screenshot which is happened in my Linux Distro

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 using it?

 its very easy to fix this error just type following commands in your terminal

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock  

this will delete the “lock” directory in /var/lib/dpkg/

after that you can install what ever you want

Written By George Sruthin

Founder of techridez.com, A Tech Enthusiast, Linux lover.

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