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I am a new ubuntu use. please help me out here.

apt-get update

Output:

Reading package lists... Done
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial failed - SetupAPTPartialDirectory (1: Operation not permitted)
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
Claudio Cortese
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s.reddy
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    Welcome to AskUbuntu: apt-get needs root or admin privileges; so you need to sudo apt-get update – guiverc Nov 28 '17 at 08:17

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Do not realy know if it helps:

Permission problem: you must do the apt operations as root or sudoer ie.: - log in as root (dangerous) - became a sudoer and then you can write the command this way:

$ sudo apt-get update

Another problem with similar error/warnings: you cannot do apt operations simultaneously = check if you have some other apt process running - in another console may run aptitude, in Xwindows runs Synaptics. The other processes do lock the necessary libs, package-lists etc.

Good luck

schweik
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