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Issue of a command

Asked by Gokul

when i try to run the following "apt-get install -f" it shows me this
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

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Chris Johnston (cjohnston) said : 		#1

You need to run the command with 'sudo':

sudo apt-get install -f

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