Login as root and add your user to /etc/sudoers Thanks, Alexander.
Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G On Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 13:59 greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install some software on a new system and get this error: > > zeke@Debian-10:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i ./veeam-release* && apt-get > update > [sudo] password for zeke: > Selecting previously unselected package veeam-release-deb. > (Reading database ... 134594 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../veeam-release-deb_1.0.8_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking veeam-release-deb (1.0.8) ... > Setting up veeam-release-deb (1.0.8) ... > Reading package lists... Done > E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission > denied) > E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ > W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches > (13: Permission denied) > W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - > RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied) > zeke@Debian-10:~/Downloads$ > > > any ideas to correctly fix this without breaking something? > > thanks, > > Greg > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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