0005618: Locked files - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0005618	Kali Linux	Tool Upgrade Request	public	2019-08-06 14:27	2025-07-14 09:36

Reporter	MoHawk1541	Assigned To	sbrun
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	sometimes
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2019.2

Summary	0005618: Locked files
Description	When I get kali, I always get the error message, "Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?" I don't know if it will eventually go away or if it is just locked.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-08-06 14:27	MoHawk1541	New Issue
2019-08-06 14:27	MoHawk1541	Status	new => assigned
2019-08-06 14:27	MoHawk1541	Assigned To	=> sbrun
2019-08-12 18:36	wireshark91	Issue cloned: 0005635
2019-08-15 12:06	sbrun	Relationship added	has duplicate 0005635
2019-08-15 12:12	sbrun	Status	assigned => closed
2019-08-15 12:12	sbrun	Resolution	open => fixed
2019-08-15 12:12	sbrun	Note Added: 0010870
2021-05-31 13:37	rhertzog	Category	Tool Upgrade => Tool Upgrade Request
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal

sbrun 2019-08-15 12:12 manager ~0010870	This message is a temporary message. When you started Kali, it was checking if the system could be updated. This updates checking has been removed (since kali-defaults 2019.3.10). You should not get this message anymore.