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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
Posted by: Guest on January-09-2021
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E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)

// This occurs due to permission denial
// simply add sudo

sudo apt install something

// Then input your password
Posted by: Guest on October-13-2021

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