LinuxLite 5.0 Updates not functioning

[Muhammad Umar Farooq]

I am facing towards updates of software and getting the following message, Please help to resolve this issue

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
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/

[stevef]

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.