DPKG lock-frontend file issue

Asked Jan 28 '21 at 09:15

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Ok So I am trying to install tor browser by commands

apt-get install tor torbrowser-launcher

also tried sudo apt-get install tor torbrowser-launcher

but The error I am getting is

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

Actually before this I was getting some other errors from dpkg which denied me permissions. So I ran some commands to remove some 3 lock files but I also removed lock-frontend after that. It was written in some article. So what should I do now?

asked Jan 28 '21 at 09:15

Devang Joshi

I tried that but problem still remains the same – Devang Joshi Jan 28 '21 at 09:21
What did you try? – Kulfy Jan 28 '21 at 09:21
sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade – Devang Joshi Jan 28 '21 at 09:21
If you re-read first or second answer, you may conclude that you need to run apt-get commands with elevated privileges, i.e., with sudo. Try running sudo apt-get install tor torbrowser-launcher. – Kulfy Jan 28 '21 at 09:23
thanks sudo command is working now, i don't know what mistake i was doing earlier with that command but now it is working. – Devang Joshi Jan 28 '21 at 09:31
by the way, do I need to change anything in dpkg? Is there any mistake I made there I need to correct – Devang Joshi Jan 28 '21 at 09:32
Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. is this an issue? – Devang Joshi Jan 28 '21 at 09:39

DPKG lock-frontend file issue

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