Re: Synaptic error

From	<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Synaptic error
Date	2020-04-12 15:50 +0200
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On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 08:43:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Using Synaptic I:
> 1. searched package names for "info"
> 2. selected it
> 3. clicked Apply
> 4. received error message saying
> >E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2: No such file or directory)
> >E: Could not open file descriptor -1
> >E: Unable to lock the download directory

Question: is there a /var/cache/apt/archives directory? There should
be one.

Cheers
-- t

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Re: Synaptic error <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-04-12 15:50 +0200
  Re: Synaptic error Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-04-12 16:10 +0200
    Re: Synaptic error Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-04-12 16:20 +0200
      Re: Synaptic error Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-04-12 17:50 +0200
        Re: Synaptic error Mark Allums <maa@allums.com> - 2020-04-12 20:00 +0200
      Re: Synaptic error Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-04-12 17:50 +0200
  Re: Synaptic error Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2020-04-12 17:20 +0200
  Re: Synaptic error David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-13 02:00 +0200
    Re: Synaptic error Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-04-13 08:00 +0200
      Re: Synaptic error David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-13 23:10 +0200

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