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Re: Update error - Failed to get lock on file
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2023, 04:06:35 AM »
 

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That's a slightly unusual message.
Can you tell us the sequence of events leading to this ?
Have you tried re-running the install updates ?
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Update error - Failed to get lock on file
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2023, 04:29:23 PM »
 

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Reading package lists...
E: Failed to get lock on file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is being held by process 1691 (apt-get)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

How fix it?
« Last Edit: April 23, 2023, 04:06:56 AM by stevef »
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