[SOLVED] Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

[Madwida]

Hi

When running the following command in terminal:

"apt-get autoremove && apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean" in order to remove unused packages (such as an obsolete kernel) I get the following output:

E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (13 Permission denied)

E: Unable to lock the download directory


I am running it as root

Thanks a lot!

[tuxxy]

Try giving the command root privs


sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean

[a0u]

Hi

When running the following command in terminal:

"apt-get autoremove && apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean" in order to remove unused packages (such as an obsolete kernel) I get the following output:

E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (13 Permission denied)

E: Unable to lock the download directory


I am running it as root

Thanks a lot!

If sudoing doesn't work...
Only one package manager can be running at any moment; that "lock" error ensures that there are no conflicts between two programs for the same resource.
Make sure that you don't have the Update Manager, Synaptic, etc. running.

[jken146]

Check that you have no other instances of apt running (apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, Add/Remove...)

[arkara]

If you do this like that

command && other command
you will need more than one sudos, like that

sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean

[Madwida]

I must have had synaptic open; I think that was exactly it. And I even know that, too--but completely spaced it! Thanks a lot

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[abhijeetkulkarni]

Try giving the command root privs


sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean

This worked for me. Thanks.