Getting error Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock when giving sudo apt-get update : edureka!

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Modified on: Sat, 11 Oct, 2014 at 4:49 PM

Command: sudo apt-get update

Getting error

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

Solution:

command: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

command: sudo fuser -vki /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

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