[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":69},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fquick-fix-dpkg-error-dpkg-frontend-is-locked-by-another-process":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":56,"description":57,"extension":58,"image":59,"meta":60,"navigation":61,"path":62,"seo":63,"stem":64,"tags":65,"__hash__":68},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fquick-fix-dpkg-error-dpkg-frontend-is-locked-by-another-process.md","Quick fix!? \"dpkg: error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process\"",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":53},"minimark",[9,13,24,27,30,36,39,42],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Tried to install a .deb package but I was always getting:",[14,15,20],"pre",{"className":16,"code":18,"language":19},[17],"language-text","dpkg: error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process\n","text",[21,22,18],"code",{"__ignoreMap":23},"",[10,25,26],{},"I couldn't find any answers after Googling and no process was using dpkg.",[10,28,29],{},"I don't really know if this was a coincidence but:",[14,31,34],{"className":32,"code":33,"language":19},[17],"sudo dpkg --configure -a\n",[21,35,33],{"__ignoreMap":23},[10,37,38],{},"Did the trick!",[10,40,41],{},"Comment down below if this fixed your problem or it was really a coincidence",[10,43,44,48,49,52],{},[45,46,47],"strong",{},"Update",": As mentioned from ",[45,50,51],{},"Vlad"," in the comments below it was really a coincidence. \"Just wait for some minutes and should be working fine\"",{"title":23,"searchDepth":54,"depth":54,"links":55},2,[],"2018-10-06","Tried to install a .deb package but I was always getting:  ``` dpkg: error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process ```  I couldn't find any answers after Go","md",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fquick-fix-dpkg-error-dpkg-frontend-is-locked-by-another-process",{"title":5,"description":57},"blog\u002Fquick-fix-dpkg-error-dpkg-frontend-is-locked-by-another-process",[66,67],"debian","linux","hFk4Y107z6UDnpfXKZA1ar7hFRJf9jpuawlHa3IyBZE",1785393036991]