I am trying to install Unetbootin on Ubuntu but get the above error and this one:
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
Can anybody tell me how to fix this so I can install Unetbootin successfully?
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1Could you give us at least some basic info about what you are doing? For instance, did you type a command? If so, what command was it? Did you click on something? What version of ubuntu are you currently running?– NanneJul 16, 2013 at 5:33
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E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/)
These lines says that you are not authorized to install a package. You need root privileges to do it.
So, you must to use sudo to give permission to install the package:
sudo apt-get install unetbootin
answered Jul 16, 2013 at 5:36
