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i am a beginner in Ubuntu and currently using Ubuntu 19.10 in terminal i used 

apt-get update

and this error showed up

Reading package lists... Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)

how to solve this issue? i am using Ubuntu 19.10 on VMware Workstation 15 Pro and updated it at first lunch by using the "Software Update"

Provakar Mondol
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You can't run apt-get update as a simple user.
As said by the error 

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)

To do this you need Admin rights

Instead use sudo to get admin rights

sudo apt-get update
Fractalyse
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