apt/dpkg errors
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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BleachBit |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Error in execution of <bleachbit.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/
for ret in cmd.execute(
File "/usr/share/
func_ret = self.func()
File "/usr/share/
raise RuntimeError("Error calling '%s':\n%s" % (' '.join(e.cmd), e.output))
RuntimeError: Error calling 'apt-get autoclean':
E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/
E: Unable to lock the download directory
Error in execution of <bleachbit.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/
for ret in cmd.execute(
File "/usr/share/
func_ret = self.func()
File "/usr/share/
raise RuntimeError("Error calling '%s':\n%s" % (' '.join(e.cmd), e.output))
RuntimeError: Error calling 'apt-get --yes autoremove':
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?
Bleachbit 1.17 on Ubuntu 16.10
Are you running with sudo/root permissions?
Would you please send me the system information? It's available in the GUI when clicking on Help - System Information. Alternatively it's on the command line with the --sysinfo option.