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Created August 24, 2022 03:45

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dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process (Debian, Ubuntu)

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There are several lock files that might need to be removed:

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

Then you can fix dpkg as suggested:

sudo apt update
sudo dpkg --configure -a

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