On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:00:02PM +0300, "Young, Loren R SGT NG NG NGB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I attempted to download Ultimatix and now I am unable to use any of my > package managers to install programs. I have tried several apt-get commands > and receive the following error message: "Could not open lock file > /var/lib/dpkg/lock -open 13 permission denied."
That's not a lock failure; it actually lacks permissions to access the file. What are the permissions of /var/lib/dpkg/lock? (run ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/lock) Also, you *are* running apt-get as root, right? Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
