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
sudocommand to perform super user functions.suto assume the root uservisudoto open the sudoers file (don’t edit the file with nano or vim)user ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALLexitsudo apt-get updateor whatever you need.