Are you a root?

Question

If I want to install a program by:

sudo apt-get install package_name

I always get the error:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (2 No such file or directory)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg) , are you root?

I am root, but still get the error. Any idea ?

Is sudo apt-get clean working ? Try after logout and back login. — Pandya, May 08 '14 at 10:37
ls:cannot access sudo :no such file or directory ls:cannot access apt-get :no such file or directory ls:cannot access clean :no such file or directory — user278122, May 08 '14 at 10:55
That was Is, not ls. The command that @Pandya suggested was sudo apt-get clean. — terdon, May 08 '14 at 14:11
Is command not found , sudo apt-get clean (E:Lists directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is missing ) — user278122, May 08 '14 at 14:52

Liso · Answer 1 · 2014-05-08T07:17:16.920

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Start a terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on keyboard, copy this following to Terminal window

sudo cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo apt-get update

Or for more detail you can read here

edited May 08 '14 at 07:17

answered May 08 '14 at 07:02

Liso

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cp: cannot stat '/var/backups/dpkg.status.0': No such file or directory - but still get the eror – user278122 May 08 '14 at 07:04
@user278122 see my edit – Liso May 08 '14 at 07:17
i was reinstaled dpkg but still get the error (could open lock file bla bla) – user278122 May 08 '14 at 08:07

Are you a root?

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