[ubuntu-za] Update error

[Wesley Werner]

>
> This also happens when you already have a package manager open, e.g.
> Update manager/Synaptic/etc and then try to use apt-get or aptitude.
> The one that is already open has locked the files so the second can't
> work.
>
> Simply close one of them and it will work from there.
>
> Regards
> Charl


If you are sure there is no apt process locking the download directory, like
after a reboot, you can delete the lock-file manually.

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/87457
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