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Software - Support => Updates => Topic started by: Marty on December 16, 2022, 03:28:59 PM

Title: Upgrade Error - Could not get lock
Post by: Marty on December 16, 2022, 03:28:59 PM

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 11600 (apt-get)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

Title: Re: Upgrade Error - Could not get lock
Post by: stevef on December 17, 2022, 02:56:08 AM

Marty,

I've split your post to a new thread.

That message is usually triggered when an update process is already active when a second update process is initiated, for example starting a manual check when an automated background check is already running.

Usually just waiting is all that is needed.  Let us know if the symptom continues.