Re: synaptic bombs!

[Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk>]

Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen <kjetil1001@gmail.com> wrote:
> I rebooted the compuetr [...]

You shouldn't need to do that.


> kjetil@kjetil:~$ apt-get clean
> E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (13:
> Permission denied)

You need to run apt-get as root.


> and something strange: apt-get did _not_ ask for my password! ¿Why?

That's not a function of apt-get. It is a function of "su" or "sudo". Try
this:
    sudo apt-get clean

or this:
    su -c 'apt-get clean'

Chris