Question
Root Apt Upgrade “Permission denied” on Digital Ocean
- Posted on February 9, 2021
- Ubuntu
Asked by mse6e1d351ffb98bc38673af9e
root@shwesingroup20180830-s-1vcpu-2gb-sgp1-01:~# whoami
root
root@shwesingroup20180830-s-1vcpu-2gb-sgp1-01:~#
But when I run, sudo apt install
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--remove):
cannot remove '/usr/bin/mysqld_safe': Permission denied
Removing mysql-client-5.7 (5.7.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package mysql-client-5.7 (--remove):
cannot remove '/usr/bin/mysqlrepair': Permission denied
Removing mysql-client-core-5.7 (5.7.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package mysql-client-core-5.7 (--remove):
cannot remove '/usr/bin/mysql': Permission denied
Removing mysql-server-core-5.7 (5.7.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-core-5.7 (--remove):
cannot remove '/usr/bin/innochecksum': Permission denied
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
This happened after resetting root password on digital ocean dashboard.
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Hi @mse6e1d351ffb98bc38673af9e,
Does this error appear when your run
or
It makes a difference to know.
If you are running apt install, what are you trying to install exactly?
When you run
apt upgradeare those the only lines of failing, I would assume it’s related to some dependencies.Regards, KFSys