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Unable to lock the administration directory (sudo apt-get upgrade && apt-get update)

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Mar 15, 20269141 views
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Problem

I am having troubles running the following command on my Linux Mint partition: This is the first I have ever encountered this, and I run this command every two to three days to keep my system up to date. Currently, I am getting the error message: I am able to verify my username, (whoami returns my …

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sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

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Fix for: Unable to lock the administration directory (sudo apt-get upgrade && apt-get update)

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