Problem with lock files while installing Vulkan

Asked Jul 31 '21 at 22:38

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I am trying to install Vulkan on Ubuntu 20.04 by following the steps given on this website: https://linuxconfig.org/install-and-test-vulkan-on-linux. I am following the steps for AMD, not NVIDIA. When I run the line: # apt install libvulkan1 mesa-vulkan-drivers vulkan-utils, however, I receive the following errors:

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?

What do these mean, and how can I fix them?

asked Jul 31 '21 at 22:38

Rowan Martel

Are you actually running the command from a root shell (as implied by the # prompt)? If not, see Permission denied, are you root? – steeldriver Jul 31 '21 at 22:45
I ran it with sudo and it worked. Thanks! – Rowan Martel Jul 31 '21 at 22:48
It did, thanks! – Rowan Martel Jul 31 '21 at 22:50
How do I mark this as solved? – Rowan Martel Jul 31 '21 at 22:50
You can vote to Close it as a duplicate of the linked Q&A – steeldriver Jul 31 '21 at 23:05

Problem with lock files while installing Vulkan

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