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DIFFERENT PROCCESS EVERY TIME Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend

Emir

6/26/23, 2:56 AM

I'm having this error

Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 332998

Now, if i do

sudo kill 332998

I will get the same problem but with a different process number.

I already tried some of the answers with the same name "Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend." but nothing works.

like:

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo lsof /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo lsof /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo apt install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-purge unattended-upgrades

or (this gives me a message saying "Apt-get not found")

sudo killall apt apt-get

Thanks

Update:

Solved

sudo apt autoclean

0 + 0

command-line

dpkg

user535733

6/26/23, 3:30 AM

A respawned process after you kill it suggests that the other package manager is still working, and that killing it was perhaps a very bad idea. Rather than try to force the system, investigate to determine what's really going on. For example, determine what application or command is that killed/respawned process. Your logs in /var/log/apt and timestamps in /var/log/apt/periodoc are also rich sources of additional useful information about what might be happening.

N0rbert

6/26/23, 6:01 AM

Does this answer your question? [What process created the /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend file in Ubuntu?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1114678/what-process-created-the-var-lib-dpkg-lock-frontend-file-in-ubuntu)

bac0n

6/26/23, 6:07 AM

you can list locks with `lslocks`

Emir

6/26/23, 12:15 PM

Did not work, but thanks

Someone

6/26/23, 12:28 PM

`sudo kill -9 $(ps -x | egrep "apt|dpkg")`

Emir

6/27/23, 1:35 AM

Well, after 2 full days looking for an answer, this is what worked for me : sudo apt autoclean... i really don't know why, so i'm not going to put it as an answer, just a comment

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