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Jacques
08-09-2003, 10:44 PM
Hello all,

When i try to do a apt-get update i got this error: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
Could a nice person help me please?

greetings,
Jacques

gretchen
08-10-2003, 03:45 AM
Something else is using apt. This could happen if you have kpackage open and you try update from the terminal or if you have two terminals trying to access at the same time.

Dave_Bechtel
08-10-2003, 03:49 AM
1. Do a ' ps ax ' and see what's running, there may be an apt process that hung up somewhere.

2. Do a ' lsof |grep /var/lib/apt ' and see what's holding the file. Kill the process if necessary.


Hello all,

When i try to do a apt-get update i got this error: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
Could a nice person help me please?

greetings,
Jacques

rickenbacherus
08-10-2003, 07:57 AM
Jacques- you have to do it as root!

Jacques
08-10-2003, 12:18 PM
Hi,

Thanks to you all for the reply',s it solved my problem!!!

greetings,
Jacques :D