Problem:

An Ubuntu user often comes across an error (shown below the paragraph) while try to install an application using apt-get in the terminal, using synaptic or Ubuntu Software Center. This simple error may trouble a beginner Ubuntu User. The error looks something like this:

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? [Read more…]