sudo not found and can't be installed
I just installed Debian 9.3.0 and I tried to run command sudo apt-get update but this error came up :
sudo: command not found
so I turned to superuser and run command apt-get update in superuser mode and that worked fine but after that this error is appearing after every command which I'm trying to do in terminal :
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
I searched for this and I figured out that I have to command sudo kill -9 <process id> but I can't install sudo cause after I'm commanding apt install -y sudo I'm getting this error:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
does anyone know how can I fix this?
debian software-installation sudo
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
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I just installed Debian 9.3.0 and I tried to run command sudo apt-get update but this error came up :
sudo: command not found
so I turned to superuser and run command apt-get update in superuser mode and that worked fine but after that this error is appearing after every command which I'm trying to do in terminal :
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
I searched for this and I figured out that I have to command sudo kill -9 <process id> but I can't install sudo cause after I'm commanding apt install -y sudo I'm getting this error:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
does anyone know how can I fix this?
debian software-installation sudo
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
1184
4
Since you're logged in asrootalready, you don't needsudoanymore for this task: what happens if, when logged in asroot, you runapt install -y sudo?
– DopeGhoti
Sep 24 at 16:10
1
After every command?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Sep 24 at 16:21
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I just installed Debian 9.3.0 and I tried to run command sudo apt-get update but this error came up :
sudo: command not found
so I turned to superuser and run command apt-get update in superuser mode and that worked fine but after that this error is appearing after every command which I'm trying to do in terminal :
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
I searched for this and I figured out that I have to command sudo kill -9 <process id> but I can't install sudo cause after I'm commanding apt install -y sudo I'm getting this error:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
does anyone know how can I fix this?
debian software-installation sudo
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
1184
I just installed Debian 9.3.0 and I tried to run command sudo apt-get update but this error came up :
sudo: command not found
so I turned to superuser and run command apt-get update in superuser mode and that worked fine but after that this error is appearing after every command which I'm trying to do in terminal :
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
I searched for this and I figured out that I have to command sudo kill -9 <process id> but I can't install sudo cause after I'm commanding apt install -y sudo I'm getting this error:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
does anyone know how can I fix this?
debian software-installation sudo
debian software-installation sudo
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
1184
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
1184
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
edited Oct 10 at 17:19
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
39k1479129
asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
1184
asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
1184
asked Sep 24 at 16:01
Shakib Karami
1184
1184
4
Since you're logged in asrootalready, you don't needsudoanymore for this task: what happens if, when logged in asroot, you runapt install -y sudo?
– DopeGhoti
Sep 24 at 16:10
1
After every command?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Sep 24 at 16:21
add a comment |
4
Since you're logged in asrootalready, you don't needsudoanymore for this task: what happens if, when logged in asroot, you runapt install -y sudo?
– DopeGhoti
Sep 24 at 16:10
1
After every command?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Sep 24 at 16:21
4
4
Since you're logged in as
root already, you don't need sudo anymore for this task: what happens if, when logged in as root, you run apt install -y sudo?– DopeGhoti
Sep 24 at 16:10
Since you're logged in as
root already, you don't need sudo anymore for this task: what happens if, when logged in as root, you run apt install -y sudo?– DopeGhoti
Sep 24 at 16:10
1
1
After every command?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Sep 24 at 16:21
After every command?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Sep 24 at 16:21
add a comment |
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On a fresh Debian install sudo does not work by default.
You need to add your user to the sudo group in order to get the sudo command working.
1. Get root first
su
Enter your password to get the root prompt
2. Add your user to the sudo group
adduser <username> sudo
This will add your user to the sudo group
After this start a new shell or logout and login again.
Try running the commands with sudo now and they will surely work with your own user.
Additionally in some cases like the minimal installations of Debian, the sudo program/command itself might not be present. In that case you will also need to install sudo
apt install sudo
About the issue with the permission denied errors.
When apt invokes dpkg while installing or updating packages.
Whenever there is an operation going on which involves dpkg, dpkg places a lock file in
/var/lib/dpkg/lock
To tell other process that it is performing a package management.
If you want to perform package management at the same time when the lock file is present. You can still do it if you remove the lock file manually.
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
After this you can continue the operation you wanted to do
answered Sep 24 at 16:59
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On a fresh Debian install sudo does not work by default.
You need to add your user to the sudo group in order to get the sudo command working.
1. Get root first
su
Enter your password to get the root prompt
2. Add your user to the sudo group
adduser <username> sudo
This will add your user to the sudo group
After this start a new shell or logout and login again.
Try running the commands with sudo now and they will surely work with your own user.
Additionally in some cases like the minimal installations of Debian, the sudo program/command itself might not be present. In that case you will also need to install sudo
apt install sudo
About the issue with the permission denied errors.
When apt invokes dpkg while installing or updating packages.
Whenever there is an operation going on which involves dpkg, dpkg places a lock file in
/var/lib/dpkg/lock
To tell other process that it is performing a package management.
If you want to perform package management at the same time when the lock file is present. You can still do it if you remove the lock file manually.
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
After this you can continue the operation you wanted to do
answered Sep 24 at 16:59
Raju Devidas
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On a fresh Debian install sudo does not work by default.
You need to add your user to the sudo group in order to get the sudo command working.
1. Get root first
su
Enter your password to get the root prompt
2. Add your user to the sudo group
adduser <username> sudo
This will add your user to the sudo group
After this start a new shell or logout and login again.
Try running the commands with sudo now and they will surely work with your own user.
Additionally in some cases like the minimal installations of Debian, the sudo program/command itself might not be present. In that case you will also need to install sudo
apt install sudo
About the issue with the permission denied errors.
When apt invokes dpkg while installing or updating packages.
Whenever there is an operation going on which involves dpkg, dpkg places a lock file in
/var/lib/dpkg/lock
To tell other process that it is performing a package management.
If you want to perform package management at the same time when the lock file is present. You can still do it if you remove the lock file manually.
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
After this you can continue the operation you wanted to do
answered Sep 24 at 16:59
Raju Devidas
1437
add a comment |
On a fresh Debian install sudo does not work by default.
You need to add your user to the sudo group in order to get the sudo command working.
1. Get root first
su
Enter your password to get the root prompt
2. Add your user to the sudo group
adduser <username> sudo
This will add your user to the sudo group
After this start a new shell or logout and login again.
Try running the commands with sudo now and they will surely work with your own user.
Additionally in some cases like the minimal installations of Debian, the sudo program/command itself might not be present. In that case you will also need to install sudo
apt install sudo
About the issue with the permission denied errors.
When apt invokes dpkg while installing or updating packages.
Whenever there is an operation going on which involves dpkg, dpkg places a lock file in
/var/lib/dpkg/lock
To tell other process that it is performing a package management.
If you want to perform package management at the same time when the lock file is present. You can still do it if you remove the lock file manually.
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
After this you can continue the operation you wanted to do
answered Sep 24 at 16:59
Raju Devidas
1437
On a fresh Debian install sudo does not work by default.
You need to add your user to the sudo group in order to get the sudo command working.
1. Get root first
su
Enter your password to get the root prompt
2. Add your user to the sudo group
adduser <username> sudo
This will add your user to the sudo group
After this start a new shell or logout and login again.
Try running the commands with sudo now and they will surely work with your own user.
Additionally in some cases like the minimal installations of Debian, the sudo program/command itself might not be present. In that case you will also need to install sudo
apt install sudo
About the issue with the permission denied errors.
When apt invokes dpkg while installing or updating packages.
Whenever there is an operation going on which involves dpkg, dpkg places a lock file in
/var/lib/dpkg/lock
To tell other process that it is performing a package management.
If you want to perform package management at the same time when the lock file is present. You can still do it if you remove the lock file manually.
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
After this you can continue the operation you wanted to do
answered Sep 24 at 16:59
Raju Devidas
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Since you're logged in as
rootalready, you don't needsudoanymore for this task: what happens if, when logged in asroot, you runapt install -y sudo?– DopeGhoti
Sep 24 at 16:10
1
After every command?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Sep 24 at 16:21