i don’t like use root all the time so i created a new user on my ubuntu vps and i got Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
when use apt-get
, how can i fix this? chown
the var
folder?
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Be sure to add your new user to the sudoers file. Once you have done this your new user can use the
sudo
command to perform super user functions.su
to assume the root uservisudo
to open the sudoers file (don’t edit the file with nano or vim)user ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
exit
sudo apt-get update
or whatever you need.