[Bug 1816047] [NEW] Can't install or uninstall any application

[Mark Lwembe]

Public bug reported:

I have this notification that says:
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An error occured, please run Package Manager from the right click menu or apt-get from the terminal
to see what is wrong.
The error message was:'Error: BrokenCount > 0'. This usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependancies
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I ran the 'sudo apt-get --qq upgrade' on the terminal and it returned:
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E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
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I copy-pasted the recommendation 'apt --fix-broken install' into the terminal and got this back:
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E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
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I do have root privileges on my machine but beyond this point what am I
meant to do as I really don't wanna mess with anything else without
proper guidance.

** Affects: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Can't install or uninstall any application

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