[Bug 1464906] Re: package update-notifier-common 0.154.1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 132

[sterlingwolf]

paul at paul-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for paul: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  account-plugin-windows-live libgtkspell0 libupstart1 linux-headers-3.16.0-30
  linux-headers-3.16.0-30-generic linux-image-3.16.0-30-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.16.0-30-generic pidgin-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
paul at paul-System-Product-Name:~$ apt-get autoremove
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?

Am I doing this right? How do I get past this?

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Title:
  package update-notifier-common 0.154.1ubuntu1 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script
  returned error exit status 132

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  not sure

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: update-notifier-common 0.154.1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt10
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jun  9 20:25:48 2015
  DuplicateSignature: package:update-notifier-common:0.154.1ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 132
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 132
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-03 (41 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  Title: package update-notifier-common 0.154.1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 132
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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