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I tried sudo apt-get update, but got

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
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?

Any advice? Let me know if you need any more info.

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    you have something already open like synaptic when you tried apt-get update
    – John Orion
    Apr 29, 2016 at 1:01
  • Right. And btw, how is your title relevant to the content of the question?
    – Hi-Angel
    Apr 29, 2016 at 3:34

4 Answers 4

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Problem is solved by manually downloading and updating the apt.

Try to use

  1. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524267/apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb.

If it shows error while updating then run this following deb file first then the previous one.

  1. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524270/libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb

then run those commands:

sudo apt-get update 
do-release-upgrade
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Did you disable the security update repository (wily-security) by any chance?

If so enable it again and run: apt-get update && apt-get -y install apt.

After this you should have the newer apt version installed. Hence, you should now be able to run do-release-upgrade without any issues.

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  • This answers the title - not the whole question.
    – user423626
    Apr 30, 2016 at 19:08
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This .deb solves the problem. ;)

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/wily/amd64/apt/1.0.10.2ubuntu2

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Try to download and install this package manually:

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524270/libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
apt-get install ./libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb

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