-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 08:17:26PM +0530, Nayyar Ahmed wrote: > Hello All, > > I want to install different packges on same > time trough apt-get install command but > it give me error. > > debian:/home/neenix/Downloads# apt-get install gd > 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? > > > > is there any solution to it. > -- Hi Nayyar, aot-get,dpkg and others download packages and then modify various databases. If they allowed multiple read and writes, the result would be a corrupted database and a messed up system. OTOH, it is possible to download more than one package at a time but you can only install 1 application at a time (along with its dependencies).
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