[Bug 1290607] Re: still can't upgrade see the terminal output please.

[Brian Murray]

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not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to
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** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Converted to question:
   https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+question/245333

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Title:
  still can't upgrade see the terminal output please.

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  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?    I have been trying to upgrade 14.04 and I keep getting this error message in the terminal - it's the release upgrade/dist-upgrade, I get the same error message in the terminal, please let me know what I can do to fix this, thank you.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.216
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Mon Mar 10 19:34:37 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-08 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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