/Shell/Bash/E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

ps aux | grep -i dpkg

// Kill processes which are running
sudo kill -9 <pid>

// Restart the accounts daemon
sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon

Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)

Try 'sudo apt-get update' or 'sudo apt-get upgrade'

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

ps aux | grep -i apt

sudo kill <process_id>
# Check if the process was killed by running the ‘ps aux | grep -i apt’ command. If it is still running, force kill it with SIGKILL signal:

sudo kill -9 <process_id>
# Another, easier way would be to use the killall command. This will kill all the instances of a running program:

sudo killall apt apt-get

Source: itsfoss.com

Waiting for cache lock, Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend.

sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
or 
sudo lsof /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
or
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend

Source: stackoverflow.com

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

sudo killall apt-get

Source: itsfoss.com

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Source: linuxuprising.com

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