The URL that is being used is incorrect. The good one is: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 instead of http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist/dapper/universe/binary-amd64/Pachages.bz2
Could you post your /etc/apt/sources.list file? -- 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? E: _cache->open() failed, please report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272011 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs