#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : "Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend" # Fix : Let the running operation finish # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-apt-lock # # Run as : Shell # Expect : 5-20 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # A process genuinely holds the lock. This is the right answer far more # often than deleting the lock file. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Re-enable the timers with systemctl enable --now if you disabled them. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 4" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " "Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend"" echo " Let the running operation finish" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 5-20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'See what holds it.' '' cmd 'sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/lib/apt/lists/lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock'; then sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/lib/apt/lists/lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'If it is unattended-upgrades, watch it and wait.' 'Killing an in-flight dpkg transaction is what creates the much worse '\''dpkg was interrupted'\'' state in the other fix.' cmd 'sudo tail -f /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log'; then sudo tail -f /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Confirm it has finished.' '' cmd 'sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend || echo '\''lock is free'\'''; then sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend || echo 'lock is free' if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'If you routinely need apt immediately after boot, disable the timer rather than fighting the lock.' '' cmd 'sudo systemctl disable --now apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer'; then sudo systemctl disable --now apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'apt runs.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then sudo apt-get update fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-apt-lock" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Re-enable the timers with systemctl enable --now if you disabled them.' rule