<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">when i try to install any software by terminal ,it says:<div>
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (2: No such file or directory)</div><div> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?</div><div><br></div><div> Tried to unlock as: sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock .</div>
<div> It asked for password and then says:</div><div> rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/dpkg/lock': No such file or </div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div> directory i.e there is no suck a file/directory..but the error shows it.</div>
</div><div> 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..</div><div><br></div><div> pls somebody help!!!</div></span>