Im using Ubuntu 13.0.4 and have tried getting updates via the command line ..no joy Latest issue is trying to install Root
sudo apt-get install root-system-bin
Getting message
Reading package lists ... Error!
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status-open (2: No such file or directory)
E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
I have tried
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
From http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2078996
But when I get to second line I get:-
E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock-open (2: No such file or directory)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock-open
/var/lib/dpkg/status-open
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