Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 2433 ubuntu error code example

Example 1: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

Method 1
ps aux | grep -i apt
sudo kill -9 

Method 2

sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
sudo lsof /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo lsof /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

sudo kill -9 

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt update

Example 2: why upgrade ubuntu then frequently shows this message "It iwating for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock.frontend.

It iwating for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock.frontend.

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