Locked out of my terminal installer

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08-06-2008

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Locked out of my terminal installer

When I install a program from terminal it throws the following code

Code:

chance@CallahanMain:~$ apt-get install apatche2
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?
chance@CallahanMain:~$

I am an adminisrator on this computer. System Info and a Pic of the terminal.

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08-06-2008	#2 (permalink)
daark.child Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Yorks, UK Posts: 3,899	Try prefixing the command with sudo e.g. Code: sudo apt-get install apache2

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