I recently received my new pc preinstalled with ubuntu 14.04 and when I try and download someting from the Software center it doesnt download it stalls or something please help im new at Ubuntu
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Could you give an example of what you are trying to download? – user3655984 Jan 07 '16 at 05:20
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I'm trying to download steam also google chrome and when I allow it to download by entering my password it just says "waiting" – Christian Nino Jan 07 '16 at 05:22
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Can you open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and try `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install steam`? – user3655984 Jan 07 '16 at 05:25
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Dragon2fly when i do sudo apt-get update it says unable to lock the administration directory – Christian Nino Jan 07 '16 at 05:26
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Could you tell the output of this command `ps aux | grep apt` ? – user3655984 Jan 07 '16 at 05:30
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what? sorry i don't really understand – Christian Nino Jan 07 '16 at 05:30
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^Ubuntu and its features – Christian Nino Jan 07 '16 at 05:31
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terminal is your friend! (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type `ps aux | grep apt` and press `Enter` – user3655984 Jan 07 '16 at 05:32
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Please [edit] and add output of `sudo apt-get update` – Ravan Jan 07 '16 at 05:33
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says grep: ?: No such file or directory – Christian Nino Jan 07 '16 at 05:34
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2Possible duplicate of [Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is another process using it?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/unable-to-lock-the-administration-directory-var-lib-dpkg-is-another-process) – Ravan Jan 07 '16 at 05:35
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it says exactly that when i try to do sudo apt-get update – Christian Nino Jan 07 '16 at 05:35
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3Stop saying in comments please, [edit] and add output. Use copy paste – Ravan Jan 07 '16 at 05:36
