reswob
November 2nd, 2015, 11:06 PM
I have this error during my upgrade from 15.04 to 15.10 (see attached screenshot) which seems to be what is going on with this active thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2299724
I don't mind trying the solutions that are being suggested there, but my first question is this: should I quit the upgrade process before before running the commands suggested? When I focus on that window and type control-c, it tells me that aborting the operation may leave the system in a broken state.
Should I do that and then try the suggested solutions or first try the suggested solutions.
BTW, here are a couple of responses from my efforts without closing said window:
user@machine:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for user:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
and
user@machine:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
user@machine:~$
seems like nothing happened after this command...
Thanks
I don't mind trying the solutions that are being suggested there, but my first question is this: should I quit the upgrade process before before running the commands suggested? When I focus on that window and type control-c, it tells me that aborting the operation may leave the system in a broken state.
Should I do that and then try the suggested solutions or first try the suggested solutions.
BTW, here are a couple of responses from my efforts without closing said window:
user@machine:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for user:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
and
user@machine:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
user@machine:~$
seems like nothing happened after this command...
Thanks