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Fixing "Unable to acquire dpkg frontend lock. Are You Root?" Error on Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions
![Everytime I try to run apt install I get the following error, E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/ Everytime I try to run apt install I get the following error, E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/](https://preview.redd.it/everytime-i-try-to-run-apt-install-i-get-the-following-v0-m7qwp63bl5sa1.png?width=822&format=png&auto=webp&s=181060208a2c7ced060c1f721aa46b9f7b505ffb)
Everytime I try to run apt install I get the following error, E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/
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