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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0006265Kali LinuxKali Package Improvementpublic2020-05-04 17:18
Reporterdippybud400 Assigned Tosteev  
PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2020.1 
Summary0006265: could not open /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
Description

there's an error where every time you try to install packages via terminal (apt install 'package name') it always shows 'could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend', same with apt-get upgrade

Steps To Reproduce

type apt install 'package name' or apt-get upgrade

Activities

steev

steev

2020-04-08 18:41

reporter   ~0012590

Are you running it with root access? If you don't run it via sudo, then yes, you won't have access to the lock.

760010

760010

2020-05-01 17:31

reporter   ~0012716

I did as you said like running all apt commands with Sudo but after when I try simply without Sudo it still shows me permission error. Can you please tell me.

steev

steev

2020-05-01 18:22

reporter   ~0012717

I'm not sure what you want here. apt requires elevated privileges, you cannot run it without them. Unless you show the actual errors, we are going to consider this as by design.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-04-08 18:06 dippybud400 New Issue
2020-04-08 18:41 steev Assigned To => steev
2020-04-08 18:41 steev Status new => feedback
2020-04-08 18:41 steev Note Added: 0012590
2020-05-01 17:31 760010 Note Added: 0012716
2020-05-01 18:20 steev Note View State: 0012716: public
2020-05-01 18:22 steev Note Added: 0012717
2020-05-01 21:50 steev Status feedback => closed
2020-05-01 21:50 steev Resolution open => no change required