[Bug 1789412] [NEW] i can not upgrade to ubuntu 18

[martina simic]

Public bug reported:

neampoima at 3na:~$ apt-get upgrade
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?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-134.160-generic 4.4.140
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-134-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
Date: Tue Aug 28 14:40:51 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-13 (1657 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-28 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade third-party-packages xenial

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Title:
  i can not upgrade to ubuntu 18

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  neampoima at 3na:~$ apt-get upgrade
  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?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-134.160-generic 4.4.140
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-134-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
  Date: Tue Aug 28 14:40:51 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-13 (1657 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-28 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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