On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 06:37:47AM +0000, jindam, vani wrote: > how do i stop apt downloads if i dont > use sudo. for ex: > $ apt install reportbug
Since you posted your sample command with a $ as the shell prompt, we assume that you are running the command as a non-root user. That's what the $ prompt traditionally means. That command, run as a non-root user, will stop on its own, very quickly, once it tries to do things it's not permitted to do. unicorn:~$ time apt install reportbug E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root? real 0.053 user 0.020 sys 0.000
