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I'm running Linux Mint 15 with Cinnamon. I'm fairly new to Linux, and I'm operating from an 8 GB memory stick. In the terminal, I typed the following line:

sudo apt-get install supertuxkart

It was taking hours, so I cancelled using the keys CtrlZ. After that I tried installing drpython by doing

sudo apt-get install drpython

Then it said:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Can anyone help me?

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  • If you're new to linux then use the GUI software manager to install things. Why make things harder than they should be?
    – w4etwetewtwet
    Jun 24, 2013 at 20:22

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control+z doesn't cancel the command, it pauses it. You need the process to close in order to start a new install. Bring it back to the foreground using the fg command, then stop it using control+c.

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Use 

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
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    I don't think that's the issue in that case, since the OP was running another apt-get process in the background. Forcefully removing the lock and running it a second time could cause problems.
    – slhck
    Jul 21, 2013 at 6:51

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