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I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04, but now updates will not install. This is the error message:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

linux-image-generic-lts-saucy: Depends: linux-image-3.11.0-19-generic but it is not installed

I have tried several of the terminal commands listed among the AskUbuntu answers, but get:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 - Permission denied)
E: unable to lock the administration directory

The apt-get -f install doesn't fix the problem.

I am not a code monkey, so would someone please help me? Thank you.

Noosrep
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user267064
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  • first remove the lock file sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock.Before doing this, make sure that no other installation process is running on the background.Now try sudo apt-get install -f and post it's output. – Avinash Raj Apr 09 '14 at 13:09
  • I notice that a package with a saucy extension is trying to be installed. Why would that happen if you are not upgrading to 13.10? – Jos Apr 09 '14 at 14:07
  • Neither of the suggestions worked. The updates will not install with the same error. After the suggested commands were entered, this was the result: Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.11.0-19-generic_3.11.0-19.33~precise1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I don't know why the "saucy" extensions were trying to be installed. It just happened. If this question is a duplicate, where can I find the other answers? Thanks. – user267064 Apr 11 '14 at 11:59

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Try doing sudo apt-get install <packages>.

This usually solves most of the Permission Denied problems.

Timbo_KZ
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