Hi. On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 06:50:04PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 12 Apr 2020 at 15:46:45 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 08:43:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Using Synaptic I: > > > 1. searched package names for "info" > > > 2. selected it > > > 3. clicked Apply > > > 4. received error message saying > > > >E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2: No > > > >such file or directory) > > > >E: Could not open file descriptor -1 > > > >E: Unable to lock the download directory > > > > Question: is there a /var/cache/apt/archives directory? There should > > be one. > > The impression given by the FHS is that, upon deletion, the system > should be able to recreate anything in a cache directory.
That is assuming that the cache directory itself is existing (i.e. /var/cache, and everything down the filesystem hierarchy that's needed). Note that FHS part you're quoting specifically refers to the "files", not anything else. A small distinction, but it's important here. Reco