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This kills all apt processes, and removes and reconfigures dpkg locks and starts apt upgrade on a new VM
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killdpkg.sh
sudo killall apt apt-get
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 && sudo apt upgrade
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