apt-get

[claydoh]

On Saturday 02 December 2006 8:35 am, Chiphazard56 at aol.com wrote:
> hi all
> my on going problem
> rm /var/lock/rpm/transaction   no such file or directory
> rm /var/lib/rpm/_db*     no such file or  directory
> rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock   no such file or directory
> and i still can't update ,this is a fresh installation ???
> chip hazard
>>
>>ninja at kubuntu:~$ rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
>>rm: remove write-protected regular empty file 
`/var/cache/apt/archives/lock'? y
>>rm: cannot remove `/var/cache/apt/archives/lock': Permission denied

Try using sudo to remove the offending file:
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

The other files you are trying to remove aren't there to begin with so you 
probably can ignore the other commands
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