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LinuxLite 5.0 Updates not functioning - Muhammad Umar Farooq - 03-21-2021
I am facing towards updates of software and getting the following message, Please help to resolve this issue
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Install Updates Error log
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Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.
============ Log ===========
Reading package lists...
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 1815 (apt-get)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
Re: LinuxLite 5.0 Updates not functioning - stevef - 03-21-2021
That means an update process was already running when you started your update - possibly a scheduled background task or it can happen when a manual update is invoked soon after boot up.
Usually not a problem - either wait a few minutes and try again or reboot.