Installing Audacity using the konsole- error-could not open lock file- Solved

[natator]

I'm a Newbie trying to install Audacity. I opened konsole and entered
sudo apt-get install audacity
it was unable to install some archives so I ran
apt-get update
as suggested and now get the message
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory

Can anyone assist please?

[musta ruhtinas]

Re: Installing Audacity using the konsole- error-could not open lock file

As the error message says, you don't have enough permissions as a regular user. You have to use sudo.
So it's:

sudo apt-get update

[toad]

Re: Installing Audacity using the konsole- error-could not open lock file

Make sure you haven't got any other package management software running, then try again. If you still get lock file warning do a

sudo /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

Now try again

[natator]

Re: Installing Audacity using the konsole- error-could not open lock file

Thanks
The sudo fixed it, then I just ran the install command again.

[toad]

Re: Installing Audacity using the konsole- error-could not open lock file- Solved

Great you got it fixed DESPITE my efforts - I meant of course

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock