Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root? code example

Example 1: E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

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

Example 2: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

For godaddy users. Please check if your firewall is not blocking port number
2224 which can essentially lead to file permission issue even you are logged in
as the root user.

https://in.godaddy.com/help/unblock-ports-required-for-my-gen-4-server-27924

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