[jlamar92]

the other day i was updating and my dad shut off the internet and ever since then i can't open synaptic package manager to finish updating. i need some help so feel free to help

[slick50]

Just open a terminal in root:

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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

[jlamar92]

this is wat i get
[jeremy@localhost ~]$ apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory

[123grump]

this is wat i get
[jeremy@localhost ~]$ apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the list directory

You need to do the

su -
[root password]

and then you can

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

[jlamar92]

thanks for the help ya'll. it is downloading a bunch of stuff

[jlamar92]

synaptic still does not work

[slick50]

synaptic still does not work

Open a terminal and type:

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synaptic

Or,

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gksu -u root /usr/sbin/synaptic 

Post the results here.