adept and apt broken

[whispers]

after months of trying to fix them myself, i give up and ask for some help.
I have followed hundreds of tips and help files but am getting no where !!!!!!!!!! i tried the wiki = no go, tried automatic repository = no go, in fact everything = no go

I have a new install of Kubuntu Dapper 6.06 , adept and apt will do nothing.
I can surf the web no worries but it appears that my system will not reach any of the repositories. tried using my DEBIAN SARGE 3.1 disks via apt-cdrom add but still = no go.

i am using a netcomm broadband router modem 1500/256 .

Could someone please help me

[analyticalman]

Re: adept and apt broken

I think we are going to need a bit more info on this one.

When you say apt does nothing - what do you mean? If you type sudo apt-get update into a terminal, what happens?

Also, perhaps you could post the contents of your etc/apt/source.lst file

[whispers]

Re: adept and apt broken

first I would like to say thank you for your reply

ken@blackbeauty:~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
ken@blackbeauty:~$

root@blackbeauty:~# apt-get update
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
root@blackbeauty:~#

# Automatically generated sources.list
# http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic
#
# If you get errors about missing keys, lookup the key in this file
# and run these commands (replace KEY with the key number)
#
# gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
# gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -

# Ubuntu supported packages (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted

# Ubuntu community supported packages (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe multiverse


Hope this helps
Thanks again

[bearyblue]

Re: adept and apt broken

you have to run apt as root.

sudo apt-get ...

[PDR60]

Re: adept and apt broken

This may help:

http://www.linuxloader.com/modules.p...&pid=28&page=9

PDR60