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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?
Mitch
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Probably you did not use 'sudo' before your command in the terminal. That is why it tries to imply that you are not root.Try this:

sudo apt-get update

Then you will be asked for the password. Type it and press enter. Your update will start. Also note that when you type the password the * or the dots that appear normally when you type the password wont appear. Just type it without errors and press enter.

Venkatesh
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You have to be a root in order to update your sources list.

To do that you can use a fantastic utility called sudo.

Easily run the update command using sudo before

sudo apt-get update

sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user, as specified by the security policy. The real and effective uid and gid are set to match those of the target user, as specified in the password database, and the group vector is initialized based on the group database (unless the -P option was specified).