APT Error

Could not get /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend lock – another package process running

root@server:/home/server# sudo apt install curl nano git E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

# The error message you're encountering indicates that another process is currently using the package management system (dpkg), and it has locked the frontend. This commonly happens when another package manager or software update process is running in the background.

To resolve this issue, you can follow these steps:

Solutions:-

ps aux | grep -i apt
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install curl nano git