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Re: Can't install any new programs. this shows up, why.....

dummy@example.com (wilker) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:44:32 +0000

the apt-get command should be run as super user.
you should rather write this way:

sudo su
(here you give your su password)
apt-get update

Re: Can't install any new programs. this shows up, why.....

dummy@example.com (AlmarPhudd) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:16:43 +0000

~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
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?

Re: Can't install any new programs. this shows up, why.....

dummy@example.com (AlmarPhudd) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:49:45 +0000

using xubuntu 12.10 with xfce desktop, thanks....

Re: Can't install any new programs. this shows up, why.....

dummy@example.com (wilker) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:30:15 +0000

hi,

should we suppose you are using debian?
do you have gnome installed?
what happens when you try apt-get update?

Can't install any new programs. this shows up, why.....

dummy@example.com (AlmarPhudd) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:03:41 +0000

Software can't be installed or removed because the authentication service is not available. (org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.Error.Failed: ('system-bus-name', {'name': ':1.42'}): org.debian.apt.install-or-remove-packages