[SOLVED] apt-get update terminal error

[cousinlucky]

This message appeared in my terminal after I tried apt-get update.

Could someone please explain to me just how to fix it? Thanks!!

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

[Dapper Dan]

Hi cousinlucky! You have to do it as sudo:

sudo apt-get update

[reed9]

It needs to be run as root.

sudo apt-get update

[reed9]

You beat me, Dapper Dan.

[cousinlucky]

Every day I get more Senile!! I forgot about sudo. Thanks Gentlemen!!

Now I have a bunch of errors that I know nothing about or how to correct them!

W: GPG error: Index of / hardy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 5A9BF3BB4E5E17B5
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-da...86/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-da...86/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-da...86/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

[crazy01]

404 errors, it appears that those links in your /etc/sources.list are outdated and need updating. not sure what they should be in ubuntu but a quick google search should assist.



hope that helps

[devils casper]

You can post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list file so that we can verify sources.

[cousinlucky]

cousin lucky's sources list:

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb Index of /ubuntu hardy main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy universe
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy multiverse
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy partner

deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-security multiverse


deb Wicd APT Repository hardy extras
deb Index of /chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src Index of /chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

[reed9]

You should use code tags or uncheck Automatically parse links in text so it looks like this:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

deb Index of /chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src Index of /chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

This looks to be the problem.

Should be

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

[cousinlucky]

Thanks Reed 9!!

Please excuse my ignorance!!

I used nautilus and inserted your code. Thank You!!

I seem to be missing a " key " however:

W: GPG error: Index of / hardy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 5A9BF3BB4E5E17B5

I am using a Seamonkey browser and I went through the " preferences " twice and I did not see anywhere to uncheck the parse links in text. Is it located somewhere else?