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Quick fix!? "dpkg: error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process"

georgekarapi

georgekarapi

2018-10-06 · 1 min read

Tried to install a .deb package but I was always getting:

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dpkg: error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process

I couldn't find any answers after Googling and no process was using dpkg.

I don't really know if this was a coincidence but:

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

Did the trick!

Comment down below if this fixed your problem or it was really a coincidence

Update: As mentioned from Vlad in the comments below it was really a coincidence. "Just wait for some minutes and should be working fine"

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