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

[amritpal pathak]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 06/15/2011 02:07 AM, amritpal pathak wrote:
> > when i try to install any software by terminal ,it says:
> >  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?
> >
> >  Tried to unlock as: sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock .
> >  It asked for password and then says:
> >        rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/dpkg/lock': No such file or
> >        directory i.e there is no suck a file/directory..but the  error
> shows
> > it.
> >    i am admin of my system(of cource) then why it  is asking for "are you
> > root" and m unable to open synaptic package manager too..
>
> What is the output of:
> $ ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/
>
> ls: cannot access /var/lib/dpkg/: No such file or directory
>
>
>
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