Installing MPlayer

[Janne Jokitalo]

Lyndy Joseph wrote:
> I have tried several times to install MPlayer and came
> up with this error:
> 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?
> Don't know what to do. Need help please. I type (sudo
> -s -H) in Konsole but still no joy. Can someone walk
> me through PLEASE?

Hi,

how are you trying to install it, from console (terminal by apt-get or
aptitude) or from Synaptic? Either way, check that there's no other process
of installing software running, like it says in the error message. If that's
not the case, go to the directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) and check if there's a
file named 'lock', remove it if there is.

Then try again.

-- 
Jaska