pidgin

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Allen Meyers <chef11994 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 
> Pidgin cease to load so I un-installed in SPM, but
> before attemptin to re-install I went to their home
> page. It gave me 2 terminal options and I tried them
> both without success, but I discovered what could be
> my problem.
> 
> I intered  apt-get build-dep gaim as well as apt-get
> build-dep pidgin
> Both times I received the following
> 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?
> allen at allen-laptop:~$ 
> I also tried sudo apt-get install pidgin
> with same results
> Could someone direct me on how to get back to pidgin
> with a fresh install and unlocking whatever needs
> unlocking/
> Thanks in advance
> 
Not refuting anything anybody else has said but if
you, in fact, have a locked file in /var/lib/dpkg/, cd
to that dir and remove/delete the lock file using
sudo.
HTH,

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net