Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? code example

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

ps aux | grep -i dpkg

// Kill processes which are running
sudo kill -9 <pid>

// Restart the accounts daemon
sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon

Example 2: apt lock

rm -rf /var/cache/apt/* /var/lib/dpkg/lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend \
/var/cache/debconf/ /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
/var/lib/dpkg/lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/cache/debconf/

Example 3: how to realse the lock in the linux in apt

sudo kill <process_id>

Example 4: 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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