Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 5530 (aptd)

[Sanford Lung]

04/0833 Error report when att apply update:

“E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 5530 (aptd)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

W: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.”04/0833 Error report when att apply update:

“E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 5530 (aptd)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

W: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.”04/0833 Error report when att apply update:

“E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 5530 (aptd)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

W: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.”

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

What makes you think that the issue is related to the ibus package?

Usually that happens right after you have logged in to the session, when some processes are checking for updates behind the scenes. Just wait a few minutes, and try again.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

A Support site maybe more appropriate, eg. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu (this bug report can be changed into a question) . You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org , or for more support options please look at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709