Sven Hartrumpf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have installed packages using aptitude when my / partition filled up > by some /etc ... files (from CUPS packages). > Installation failed therefore. > Now, everytime I call aptitude I get: > "Apt errors: Warning: could not lock the cache file. Opening in read-only > mode" > and therefore can not de/select anything in aptitude. > I have found some lock files for apt and deleted them. But this did not > solve the problem. > Any ideas?
I've gotten this type of error when I've accidentally tried to run apt-get as a regular user. You have to be root in order to install new packages. HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
