This is the code I’m running on the circleci machine: sudo rm -rf /opt/circleci/.nvm curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash - sudo apt-get install -y -f nodejs I’m getting this error: ## Installing the NodeSource Node.js 10.x repo... ## Populating apt-get cache..…

I encountered this issue today. For anyone who was unable to use the suggested fixes in that thread, as I was, I’ve found a solution: sudo killall -9 apt-get || true && \ sudo apt-get update && \ sudo apt-get install -f whatever-packages The killall -9 stops any rogue ap…

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halfer February 13, 2019, 6:18pm 4

Yes; I didn’t have time before. I will look now.

Edit: this is the one I had in mind. Second answer for “could not get lock”.

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