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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