), are you root?

Asked Feb 28 '14 at 12:18

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I get this error in Lubuntu 12.04 when I try to update in terminal:

$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

edited Feb 28 '14 at 16:09

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asked Feb 28 '14 at 12:18

Frenchman

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@AvatarParto it wasn't a duplicate of the above link you marked.There was an another one. – Avinash Raj Feb 28 '14 at 12:24
@AvinashRaj Hahah. This is ironic, you commented that it wasn't a duplicate then marked it as a duplicate? – Parto Feb 28 '14 at 14:06

Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

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