couldn't able to install any application from software center
It shows the following
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lintian 2.5.43 [modified: usr/share/doc/lintian/api.html/index.html usr/share/doc/lintian/changelog.gz usr/share/lintian/commands/lintian usr/share/lintian/frontend/dplint]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-54-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 8 11:44:19 2017
DuplicateSignature:
package:lintian:2.5.43 [modified: usr/share/doc/lintian/api.html/index.html usr/share/doc/lintian/changelog.gz usr/share/lintian/commands/lintian usr/share/lintian/frontend/dplint]
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing package lintian (--configure):
package lintian is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package lintian is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: lintian
Title: package lintian 2.5.43 [modified: usr/share/doc/lintian/api.html/index.html usr/share/doc/lintian/changelog.gz usr/share/lintian/commands/lintian usr/share/lintian/frontend/dplint] failed to install/upgrade: package lintian is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.