On 0, Jeff <jcoppock1@attbi.com> wrote: [snip] > I get something similar running > > $ sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade > > The update works fine, but the upgrade gets this: > > <snipped update stuff> > Fetched 2287kB in 13s (172kB/s) > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > 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? That would be because your shell is dividing the line: sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade into two commands: sudo apt-get update apt-get upgrade Shell parsing happens before the command is executed! You could do this: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade but then you might get prompted for your password twice. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience. Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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