apt-get

[Chris Taylor]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:25:02 +0800, Mohamad Faizul wrote:

> Gordon wrote:
>> 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....)
>> 
>> 
> try sudo killall -9 apt-get && sudo apt-get update

no process killed