need urgent help with apt tools

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apm
apm
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i am running trisquel 5.5 on my laptop and today i decided to update my system with the command line
typed " sudo apt-get update " and a few seconds later i by mistake pressed the key binding "ctrl+z"

in response the terminal showed me this

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

what do i do to fix this .
any input is appreciated thanks guys and "viva le gnu/linux".

apm
apm
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Joined: 06/30/2012

never mind got the answer in the debian admin's handbook.

lembas
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Joined: 05/13/2010

It's considered polite to include the answer to your own question.

The actual error most likely happened because you were not super user or had another package management tool open or working.

Ctrl+z sends a process to background, these can be returned to foreground with the fg command.