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Re: Synaptic error

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On 04/12/2020 08:46 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> 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
> 

No.
The content of /var/cache/apt is pkgcache.bin  & srcpkgcache.bin  .
As I said, there has been no previous problem with Synaptic.
Where would I look for cause of missing archives sub-directory?
Is it safe to blindly create it?

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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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