Cannot using sudo apt-get install bulid essential?

[NoDS]

I tried to install g++ via using sudo apt-get install build essential but it not work, it warned me message "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?
". How can i fix it???

[cwsnyder]

That usually means you have Synaptic or the Update Manager open while you are trying to use apt-get.

[karthick87]

If an APT front-end crashed and your database is locked, try this in a terminal,

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[jerrrys]

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[2F4U]

I tried to install g++ via using sudo apt-get install build essential but it not work, it warned me message "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?
". How can i fix it???

Did you type in the name of the package as you have given in the post? If yes, thats not the correct name, which is build-essential, so what you would have to type in is

sudo apt-get install build-essential

[jrog]

Did you type in the name of the package as you have given in the post? If yes, thats not the correct name, which is build-essential, so what you would have to type in is

sudo apt-get install build-essential

While this is true, it wouldn't cause the error message that the OP received. It's likely that the error is caused by one of the things mentioned in the first two replies here.

[daslinkard]

Did you type in the name of the package as you have given in the post? If yes, thats not the correct name, which is build-essential, so what you would have to type in is

sudo apt-get install build-essential

The OP may need to run

sudo apt-get update

Prior to running

sudo apt-get install build-essential

[NoDS]

If an APT front-end crashed and your database is locked, try this in a terminal,

sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/dpkg/lock

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Thanks!! It worked! I must kill the process to do that

[jmore9]

I just install synaptic and use it for all that stuff.

autoconf , build-essentials , etc

For me using synaptic is way easier than then the others when i beed to install more than 2 or 3 packages.

[daslinkard]

Thanks!! It worked! I must kill the process to do that

Glad this is resolved for you! Please mark this thread as solved!