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    (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?


    When I try to install a package I have this error
    Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

    I'm sure that It's not true.

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    Re: (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

    Earlier > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
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      Re: (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

      Guys, from console type "sudo ps aux" & see if there is a zombie adept process locking the file if there is type "sudo kill process number"

      I.E. sudo kill 9999 then try again. The can be multiple instances zombied!


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        Re: (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

        I no other process are using dpkg, run
        Code:
        sudo dpkg --configure -a
        from the command line.

        This happens when a program that uses dpkg, such as apt-get, or aptitude, or Adept, or Synaptic get closed incorrectly, such as happens if you had a lock up and had to reboot while one of those programs was running.

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