permission issues with `apt-get download` "couldn't drop privileges" and "permission denied for user '_apt'
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Just run the command without the sudo part:
apt-get download snap
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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abanoub gameel almost 2 years
:~$ sudo apt-get download snap Get:1 http://ftp.energotel.sk/pub/linux/ubuntu/archive yakkety/universe amd64 snap amd64 2013-11-29-1ubuntu2 [375 kB] Fetched 375 kB in 5s (67.6 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/home/abanoubg/snap_2013-11-29-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)-
fkraiem over 7 yearsThis is just a Warning, so it is not necessarily a problem. Did everything else work fine? -
abanoub gameel over 7 yearsi was trying to get unity8 on my ubuntu 16:10
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Admin over 7 yearsThe question needs more detail. -
abanoub gameel over 7 yearsi want know why this shown and what is mean ?
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