Re: apt/dselect unnice ness
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Shaleh wrote:
> I sometimes forget and try to run dselect as a user (thinking I had run sudo
> dselect). When I choose [I]nstall it claims something is locking a file /var.
> A nice "you should be root" would be far kinder for the less informed.
What? You mean this:
Wakko{jgg}~#apt-get dselect-upgrade
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? - Open (13 Permission denied)
Jason
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