apt-get could not open lock file
According to the error message the file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
doesn't exist anymore on your computer. You can just simply create it:
sudo touch /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
However maybe there is also another directory missing. Please have a look if /var/cache/apt/archives/partial exists
. If not create it:
sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
Now your installation should work as expected.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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web.learner over 1 year
I am trying to get an nfs client running on a Sheeva-plug running debian 2.6.22. The host is Ubuntu 12.04 and claims (from showmount -e) to be exporting the desired directory. There is no showmount binary in the sheeva-plug, so I'm trying to install it from the nfs-common package:
# apt-get install nfs-common
The response ends with
E: could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (no such file or directory) E: Unable to lock the download directory.
I am root while doing this. Similar errors arise when trying to install other packages.
How do I correct these errors so apt-get will do its work?