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Problem installing TeamViewer for Linux in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS [duplicate]

New convert from Windows 10 to Ubuntu so be gentle with me!!! I do work in IT support but have no experience with Linux other than just installing Ubuntu. I am trying to install Teamviewer for Linux ...
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Can't Install codecs ( Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock ) [duplicate]

I used the commands at the end of this article to try installing the restricted extras the article recommends. http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/7-things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu.html sudo apt-get ...
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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 1165 (packagekitd) [duplicate]

I am new to ubuntu and recently installed ubuntu 20.04 on my system. At the time of installation, I was getting this error: PCIe bus error severity=corrected type=physical layer (receiver id) for ...
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Ubuntu upgrade failing from 16.04 to 16.10: 'Failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock' [duplicate]

I am unable to upgrade Ubuntu from 16.04 to 16.10. Error message: Failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock There are numerous answers on how to fix it. I tried all. But no success. Can anybody ...
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I can't install ubuntu-restricted-extras [duplicate]

When I try to install ubuntu-restricted-extras, using sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras, I get the following error: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource ...
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Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? [duplicate]

root@moonlight:~# apt-get install openssh-server E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), ...
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How to install Java 8 in ubuntu 19.10 [duplicate]

I am unable to install java8 in Ubuntu 19.10. I used sudo apt update sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-jre And got Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading ...
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APT Update not responding as expected [duplicate]

I have tried to resolve the following issue in Ubuntu, but so far have only been able to resolve the issue by rebooting my Linux box. I was running the sudo apt update command and soon realized that I ...
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Error in terminal [duplicate]

I am trying to install chrome in the terminal and this is the error that appears when i try to install it: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: ...
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playonlinux installation failed how do I fix it? [duplicate]

So I was installing playonlinux as I wanted iTunes. I typed in the terminal sudo apt-get install playonlinux and it went well. But I can't find it on my laptop anywhere. When I try to install it again ...
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Problem with apt-get update (error) [duplicate]

I have problems with apt-get update once in a while. This error is shown sometimes I try to run this command: sudo apt-get update E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource ...
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Error installing packages on my linux server [duplicate]

This is the error message I get in my Ubuntu server 14.04.4LT while installing packages: could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 resources temporary not available) unable to lock the ...
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Error while trying installation using sudo apt-get install [duplicate]

I'm getting this error while using sudo apt-get install command E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - fail to install using `apt-get install` after fail installing `VirtualBox` [duplicate]

I tried to install apt-get install virtualbox. it fails due to dependencies issues. to fix it - i tried sudo dpkg --configure -a, and get stucked after a while. now when I'm trying to install other (...
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/var/lib/dpkg/lock.....help! [duplicate]

I had to reinstall the entire OS a little while ago and I have been trying to reinstall all of the programs I had before but I got a bit a of a problem now. I was trying to download dropbox from ...
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