I am trying to install Times New Roman and Arial into LibreOffice writer using this command in the terminal: ```
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
All I get for my troubles is this message:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 8942 (apt-get)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
What can I do about it.
No, you are trying to install those fonts not “into LibreOffice”, but into your OS. And thus, this question is completely unrelated to LibreOffice, but relates to your OS / package manager.
I would guess, that when apt-get tells you that another apt-get holds a resource, there is an ongoing background software update (check) in progress.
Thanks,
This is useful information. I use Linux Mint so I shall have to put the question on their forum.
Andrew1948