Installing a package

[nikhilneela]

Hi everyone,
when i try to install a package i get the following errors.

E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory

what does it mean and how should i correct these errors so that i can install my packages without any problems....

[SuperSonic4]

It means you have something else open, either apt-get in a terminal, a deb file installing or synaptic open

Close all of them and try again. If the problem doesn't go away and you have no package manager open! you can run


sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

source: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-lock-varlibdpkglock-open-11-resource-temporarily-unavailable-error.html

[nikhilneela]

When i try to install any package i am getting the following error
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory

I am a beginner to UBUNTU...please provide me a clear solution....I dont even know abc of Ubuntu....please bear me
Thanks

[lovelyvik293]

You have two package manager working at same time.
Make sure that only one package manager is running.

[nikhilneela]

I am a beginner to Ubuntu....how should i turn one of the package manager off when two are running....Thanks

[taurus]

Look at the output of this command from a terminal to see if you have anything related to synaptic, add/remove, or adept running.


ps -A

[nikhilneela]

When i try to install any package i am getting the following error
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory

I am a beginner to UBUNTU...please provide me a clear solution....I dont even know abc of Ubuntu....please bear me
Thanks

[taurus]

Why start a new thread since you already have one active?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1016725

[nikhilneela]

E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory

why am i getting this error..........how should i recover...provide me a detailed solution i am a beginner to ubuntu.....please please please help me out........
thanks

[chrisamiller]

It would be helpful if you told us what you were trying to do when you got the error.

Usually this means that another process is using apt. You can't, for example, use apt-get to install software while synaptic is running (or update-manager is running, or aptitude is running, etc).

Also, try searching these forums and google with your error message. I get a dozen results that look like they might help you if you read through them.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Could+not+get+lock+%2Fvar%2Fcache%2Fapt%2 Farchives%2Flock+-+open&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

[bapoumba]

4 threads merged.