update hangs

[Jeffrey Berger]

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 14:44 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Jeffrey Berger wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 15:01 -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
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> >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Jeffrey Berger <yaza_design at mac.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> Can't seem to get the latest round of HH updates to install. There are
> >> four according to Update Manager: linux-headers-2.6.24-19, etc.
> >>
> >> When I click Install now, installation begins. The disk is busy for a
> >> while, then UpMan goes off into deep space. The system goes idle.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >> - -JB
> >>
> >> JB
> >> I just ran the upgrade on two of my HH boxes. libgksu and libsoup (and
> >> one other that I can't remember off the top of my head). It stuttered
> >> on the replacement of libgksu, but the process was finished in about 2
> >> minutes. Can you try a re-run via commandline?
> >> (sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade) and see if the
> >> problem is in the gui?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jack
> >>     
> >
> > Thanks, Jack.
> >
> > When I try from the command line after reading the package lists, I get:
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >   
>     Did you use $ sudo apt-get ...? The error you got is what I get when 
> I forget to use sudo :-)
> 
> Karl


Yes, I used sudo and was asked for my password which I supplied. It
seems to run through a bunch Igns, Hits and Gets and then the error.
Perhaps sudo is being applied only to the first apt-get? Do I need to
group the two commands with brackets of some kind?

Thanks!