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When ever I try to install "dh-modaliases", why i am getting this answer: "fahadhemu@hemu:~$ apt-get install dh-modaliases 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?" please help

fhemu
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You can't run apt-get without root privileges, try the same command with sudo:

sudo apt-get install dh-modaliases
animaletdesequia
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    ...Because you need to be root to use apt-get.

    in gnu-linux, when you perform action that will change important things in the sistem (like install programs), you must perform that action like a sistem amministrator (root), not as a normal user :)

     – feligiotti Oct 01 '14 at 19:32