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If I want to install a program by:

sudo apt-get install package_name

I always get the error:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (2 No such file or directory)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg) , are you root?

I am root, but still get the error. Any idea ?

Jacob Vlijm
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Start a terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on keyboard, copy this following to Terminal window

sudo cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo apt-get update

Or for more detail you can read here

Liso
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