some other process automatically locks /var/lib/dpkg/lock for few minutes when restarting my system.
I am running Debian buster a.k.a. Debian testing. From the last couple of weeks, whenever I reboot the sytem i.e. going to CTRL+ALT+F1 and run
$ sudo reboot
it reboots the systems as normally but when it comees to on the desktop after logging in, I always get -
$ sudo aptitude autoclean
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Freed 0 B of disk space
and I have to wait around 5 minutes before I can run the command. It can't be memory or system constraints as free shows -
$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 634M 6.3G 94M 726M 6.8G
Swap: 59G 0B 59G
and can't be the chip as it's a pretty new Skylake i5 5400
debian apt dpkg lock
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I am running Debian buster a.k.a. Debian testing. From the last couple of weeks, whenever I reboot the sytem i.e. going to CTRL+ALT+F1 and run
$ sudo reboot
it reboots the systems as normally but when it comees to on the desktop after logging in, I always get -
$ sudo aptitude autoclean
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Freed 0 B of disk space
and I have to wait around 5 minutes before I can run the command. It can't be memory or system constraints as free shows -
$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 634M 6.3G 94M 726M 6.8G
Swap: 59G 0B 59G
and can't be the chip as it's a pretty new Skylake i5 5400
debian apt dpkg lock
edited Mar 19 '18 at 23:08
Gilles
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asked Mar 19 '18 at 22:16
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I am running Debian buster a.k.a. Debian testing. From the last couple of weeks, whenever I reboot the sytem i.e. going to CTRL+ALT+F1 and run
$ sudo reboot
it reboots the systems as normally but when it comees to on the desktop after logging in, I always get -
$ sudo aptitude autoclean
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Freed 0 B of disk space
and I have to wait around 5 minutes before I can run the command. It can't be memory or system constraints as free shows -
$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 634M 6.3G 94M 726M 6.8G
Swap: 59G 0B 59G
and can't be the chip as it's a pretty new Skylake i5 5400
debian apt dpkg lock
edited Mar 19 '18 at 23:08
Gilles
530k12810621590
asked Mar 19 '18 at 22:16
shirishshirish
3,68862983
I am running Debian buster a.k.a. Debian testing. From the last couple of weeks, whenever I reboot the sytem i.e. going to CTRL+ALT+F1 and run
$ sudo reboot
it reboots the systems as normally but when it comees to on the desktop after logging in, I always get -
$ sudo aptitude autoclean
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Freed 0 B of disk space
and I have to wait around 5 minutes before I can run the command. It can't be memory or system constraints as free shows -
$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 634M 6.3G 94M 726M 6.8G
Swap: 59G 0B 59G
and can't be the chip as it's a pretty new Skylake i5 5400
debian apt dpkg lock
debian apt dpkg lock
edited Mar 19 '18 at 23:08
Gilles
530k12810621590
asked Mar 19 '18 at 22:16
shirishshirish
3,68862983
edited Mar 19 '18 at 23:08
Gilles
530k12810621590
asked Mar 19 '18 at 22:16
shirishshirish
3,68862983
edited Mar 19 '18 at 23:08
Gilles
530k12810621590
edited Mar 19 '18 at 23:08
Gilles
530k12810621590
edited Mar 19 '18 at 23:08
Gilles
530k12810621590
530k12810621590
asked Mar 19 '18 at 22:16
shirishshirish
3,68862983
asked Mar 19 '18 at 22:16
shirishshirish
3,68862983
asked Mar 19 '18 at 22:16
shirishshirish
3,68862983
3,68862983
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See what process has the file open with lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock or fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock.
Chances are that it's the apt-daily service, which normally runs once a day to run apt-get update and notify the user of available updates. If you don't like this, see How to disable `apt-daily.service` on Ubuntu cloud VM image?
answered Mar 19 '18 at 23:07
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This denotes that your package installer is being used by some another process.
Simplest way to get rid of this is to kill the init process i.e.
kill -9 -1
Warning
This will log you out killing all the processes, So Save for your current work
Not a efficient method but works..
answered 2 days ago
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See what process has the file open with lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock or fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock.
Chances are that it's the apt-daily service, which normally runs once a day to run apt-get update and notify the user of available updates. If you don't like this, see How to disable `apt-daily.service` on Ubuntu cloud VM image?
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See what process has the file open with lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock or fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock.
Chances are that it's the apt-daily service, which normally runs once a day to run apt-get update and notify the user of available updates. If you don't like this, see How to disable `apt-daily.service` on Ubuntu cloud VM image?
answered Mar 19 '18 at 23:07
GillesGilles
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See what process has the file open with lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock or fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock.
Chances are that it's the apt-daily service, which normally runs once a day to run apt-get update and notify the user of available updates. If you don't like this, see How to disable `apt-daily.service` on Ubuntu cloud VM image?
answered Mar 19 '18 at 23:07
GillesGilles
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See what process has the file open with lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock or fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock.
Chances are that it's the apt-daily service, which normally runs once a day to run apt-get update and notify the user of available updates. If you don't like this, see How to disable `apt-daily.service` on Ubuntu cloud VM image?
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This denotes that your package installer is being used by some another process.
Simplest way to get rid of this is to kill the init process i.e.
kill -9 -1
Warning
This will log you out killing all the processes, So Save for your current work
Not a efficient method but works..
answered 2 days ago
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This denotes that your package installer is being used by some another process.
Simplest way to get rid of this is to kill the init process i.e.
kill -9 -1
Warning
This will log you out killing all the processes, So Save for your current work
Not a efficient method but works..
answered 2 days ago
Manas KinkarManas Kinkar
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This denotes that your package installer is being used by some another process.
Simplest way to get rid of this is to kill the init process i.e.
kill -9 -1
Warning
This will log you out killing all the processes, So Save for your current work
Not a efficient method but works..
answered 2 days ago
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This denotes that your package installer is being used by some another process.
Simplest way to get rid of this is to kill the init process i.e.
kill -9 -1
Warning
This will log you out killing all the processes, So Save for your current work
Not a efficient method but works..
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