An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information

[Thejus]

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_xenial-updates_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en - open (13: Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_xenial-updates_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages - open (13: Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_xenial-updates_multiverse_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13: Permission denied).

I wanted to update ubuntu but due to this error, I can't. There is a red round sign with a minus sign which I want to get rid of.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We understand the difficulties you are facing, but it is better to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. You can also find help posting your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu's community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at http://askubuntu.com. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.