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Re: Synaptic error



On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 08:43:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Using Synaptic I:
> 1. searched package names for "info"
> 2. selected it
> 3. clicked Apply
> 4. received error message saying
> >E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2: No such file or directory)
> >E: Could not open file descriptor -1
> >E: Unable to lock the download directory

Question: is there a /var/cache/apt/archives directory? There should
be one.

Cheers
-- t

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