E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

[amritpal pathak]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:

> On 15 June 2011 17:04, amritpal pathak <amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (2: No such file
> or
> > directory)
> > E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you
> > root?
> >
>
> What exact command are you running?
>
       i tried to install gcc compiler as:
        sudo apt-get instal gcc
                            it asked for password, i gave but after it error
came

Thanks
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