E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
amritpal pathak
amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 15 16:31:18 UTC 2011
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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