Public bug reported: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for sherylphar: Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease Hit:2 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease Hit:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease Reading package lists... Done sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ apt-get install -f 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? sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ apt-get install -f 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? sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb --2022-03-11 12:28:28-- https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb Resolving dl.google.com (dl.google.com)... 2607:f8b0:4023:1006::5d, 2607:f8b0:4023:1006::88, 2607:f8b0:4023:1006::be, ... Connecting to dl.google.com (dl.google.com)|2607:f8b0:4023:1006::5d|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 83028384 (79M) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: ‘google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb.3’ google-chrome-stabl 100%[===================>] 79.18M 567KB/s in 2m 20s 2022-03-11 12:30:49 (580 KB/s) - ‘google-chrome- stable_current_amd64.deb.3’ saved [83028384/83028384] sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb [sudo] password for sherylphar: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution). sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ apt --fix broken install E: Command line option --fix is not understood in combination with the other options sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ apt -fix broken install E: Command line option 'i' [from -fix] is not understood in combination with the other options. sherylphar@sherylphar-Lite:~$ After a previous update I started getting this message: The Package System Is Broken Check if you are using third party repositories. If so disable them, since they are a common source of problems. Furthermore run the following command in a Terminal: apt-get install -f Transaction failed: The package system is broken The following packages have unmet dependencies: ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.36 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Mar 11 12:14:25 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-18 (448 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: dist-upgrade UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1964625 Title: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1964625/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
