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

[amritpal pathak]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:

> On 16 June 2011 17:38, amritpal pathak <amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ls: cannot access /var/lib/dpkg/: No such file or directory
>
> This makes me think this is a hacked-up install of Ubuntu, or maybe
> not even Ubuntu at all.
>
> What exactly is the history of this machine?
>
> Is it in fact a hosted server or vps which has a custom image built by
> the provider?
>
> or is it actually a standard install of Ubuntu done by yourself

     yes...n i am using it from more than 6 months without any error..i dont
kow where it came from?
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