apt-get

Gordon gbplinux at gmail.com
Fri Aug 28 12:16:24 UTC 2009


Chris Taylor wrote:
> Ok I'm sorry I'm still trying to learn can anyone please advise me as to 
> why I got the following.
> chris at chris-desktop:~$ apt-get update
> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission 
> denied)
> E: Unable to lock the list directory
> chris at chris-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
> [sudo] password for chris: 
> E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/httpp could not be found.
> E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/httpp could not be found.
> chris at chris-desktop:~$
> 
> Thanks Chris
> 
> 
> 

You should have typed "sudo apt-get update" (without the quotes....)





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