Ubuntu apt-get update Error

If you encounter the following error when you run apt-get update or any command associated with apt-get like the one below

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

To resolve the above problem run the following commands in sequence.

sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install -f