I have just installed LMDE and am in the process of updating via the terminal. I used the command: "sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade". During this process the update came to a halt with the following question:
unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/ are you root?
I do not know what to enter here? Please assist!
problem updating LMDE, please assist?
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LMDE 2 has reached end of support as of 1-1-2019
LMDE 2 has reached end of support as of 1-1-2019
problem updating LMDE, please assist?
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Re: problem updating LMDE, please assist?
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you need to enter the command "sudo" in front of all you want to run...
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Re: problem updating LMDE, please assist?
the command is not conplet, germanix
should be
edit: just saw gosa comment saying the same
should be
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
(Solved) problem updating LMDE, please assist?
Thanks all. That seems to have solved the problem. LMDE is now installed and running. Only problem now is getting the internet connection working. Will start a new thread for that. Thanks for your help. Have a nice day.