Permission denied while trying to install abd using apt-get

Question

I am getting permission denied errors while running apt-get install adb. This is what I'm getting:

Prior to these commands, two commands of update and upgrade ran successfully which were

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Does this answer your question? Permission denied, are you root? The error in the screenshot has nothing to do with Android Studio or the device. It is related to APT and privileges. — Kulfy, Dec 24 '19 at 10:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 24 '19 at 10:55

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You need root privileges to install this package. Try:

sudo apt-get install adb

edited Dec 24 '19 at 10:55

Kulfy

answered Dec 24 '19 at 10:42

Ifly777

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '19 at 11:26

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You need to kill the process that is blocking you from installing adb or other package. Try this:

$ sudo killall apt apt-get

After that, the problem should be solved. If it does not work, try some of the other methods described in details in this tutorial link

answered Dec 24 '19 at 11:26

Qazi Fahim Farhan

Killing processes without inspecting the situation is, IMHO, "overkill" – Kulfy Dec 24 '19 at 11:31
ok, then find the responsible process: ps aux | grep -i apt and kill it sudo kill <process_id> . Reference: same link. – Qazi Fahim Farhan Dec 24 '19 at 11:38

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