0006271: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/list

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006271	Kali Linux	Tool Upgrade Request	public	2020-04-09 18:15	2020-04-09 19:43

Reporter	siddharth	Assigned To	steev
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2020.1

Summary	0006271: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/list
Description	E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-04-09 18:15	siddharth	New Issue
2020-04-09 18:15	siddharth	Status	new => assigned
2020-04-09 18:15	siddharth	Assigned To	=> sbrun
2020-04-09 19:43	steev	Assigned To	sbrun => steev
2020-04-09 19:43	steev	Status	assigned => resolved
2020-04-09 19:43	steev	Resolution	open => no change required
2020-04-09 19:43	steev	Note Added: 0012597
2021-05-31 13:37	rhertzog	Category	Tool Upgrade => Tool Upgrade Request

steev 2020-04-09 19:43 reporter ~0012597	Please don't randomly assign bugs to people. This issue is because you're running the command without elevated privileges. Re-run the apt command with sudo.