How to install software from Ubuntu Software

Question

Actually I'm beginner at Ubuntu. Please help me to install VLC, Office and so many software. When I clicked install in Ubuntu software, then it was showing waiting for install.

When i opened terminal and trying there, then it was showing me some messages:

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?

Sometimes it shows:

E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

What is root? Need I go to root? Or how could I install all software successfully?

Run the terminal command with sudo, which gives you root (admin) access. Enter your password then (no *** or ··· will show up, it will be blank when you type, just type and hit enter). By the way, MS Office is not available for Ubuntu. Use Libreoffice — , Oct 13 '16 at 07:38
actually its like same :( :( so i copied error line cause i was closed terminal when posting my question sir . @karel — AHM Rayhanuzzaman Roky, Oct 13 '16 at 08:02
for skype have a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype — DJCrashdummy, Oct 13 '16 at 09:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 13 '16 at 08:11

With the Error Above.

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?

It means you don't have root/administrative permissions to install software's.

To install a software like VLC from the terminal. You can issue the following command with sudo

sudo apt-get install vlc

And it will then prompt you for your password.

so always use sudo.

and you can also read more about sudo command, by typing in your terminal.

man sudo

How to install software from Ubuntu Software

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