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Asked: 2024-02-09 13:48:10 +0800 CST

apt update && apt upgrade gives lock error on Ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]

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I have typed the following command:

$ apt update && apt upgrade

I am getting the error:

Reading package lists... Done
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)

Somebody please guide me.

Zulfi.

apt

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As a normal user you don't have privileges to run these commands successfully, you need root privileges. To do that, you need to prepend the sudo-command to your commands:

    $ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

    You will be prompted to enter your password then.

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