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Update errors

Asked by Anthony Diaz

I get these errors when I try to update ubunutu...

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)

don't understand the errors..

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Clinton Fung (clinton-fung) said : 		#1

Generally this kind of error surfaces when attempting to run apt without root privileges. Try run using sudo:

sudo apt update

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