Wed Oct 7 05:53:34 UTC 2020

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future users from hitting the same bug.

I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your
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http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or
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https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709

FYI:   You need elevated privileges to run package tools, so the command
needed to update your software lists is

`sudo apt update`

and to install upgraded packages

`sudo apt upgrade`

(or `sudo apt full-upgrade` to install all packages)

The `sudo` elevates your privileges.

I'm marking this as 'incomplete' as I don't see any problem, if you
believe I'm in error, please leave a message explaining why, and you can
change the status to "New".

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Hello, When I was in the process of installing the latest version of
  ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS , the process crashed. I restarted my system and
  then when I booted Ubuntu, it went fine. I was also able to install
  all updates and upgrades, but when I typed ''apt update" , it showed
  ''Reading package lists... Done E: Could not open lock file
  /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to
  lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ W: Problem unlinking the file
  /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied) W:
  Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin -
  RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)'' . How can I give permission to
  this directory?

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I type "apt upgrade" in terminal, it showed, E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
  E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

  Please help,
  Thank you

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.27 [origin: unknown]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-49.53-generic 5.4.65
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-49-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Oct  7 11:04:43 2020
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2020-10-02T22:19:50.834355

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