02-14-2006
apt-get update not working
Hi all,
Till now i was able to do apt-get update. but today i started to the following error:
# apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (2 No such file or directory)
E: Unable to lock the list directory
#
Could any one let me know how to solve it.
Thanks & Regards
Gauri
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
apt-dater
APT-DATER(8) [FIXME: manual] APT-DATER(8)
NAME
apt-dater - terminal-based remote package update manager
SYNOPSIS
apt-dater [[-(c config|v|[n]r)]]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the apt-dater command.
apt-dater is a program to manage package updats on a large number of remote hosts using SSH.
OPTIONS
apt-dater accepts the following command parameters:
-c config
Use alternative config file. Default is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/apt-dater.conf.
-v
Show apt-dater version and copyright statement.
-r
Refresh hosts and create XML report on stdout. apt-dater must be compiled with XMLREPORT feature.
-n
Prevent hosts to be refreshed before create XML report (useful for cronjobs which do not have access to SSH key(s)).
ENVIRONMENT
MAINTAINER
The maintainer's name (i.e. used by debtrack). If not set, the GECOS entry for the current user will be used. This environment variable
could be forwarded to remote hosts with the ssh(1) SendEnv+AcceptEnv options.
FILES
~/.config/apt-dater/apt-dater.conf
The configuration file of apt-dater
~/.config/apt-dater/hosts.conf
Contains all hosts you would like to manage
SEE ALSO
apt-dater.conf(5), aptitude(1), apt-get(1), debtrack, screen(1), ssh(1).
AUTHORS
Andre Ellguth <ellguth@ibh.de>
Maintainer.
Thomas Liske <liske@ibh.de>
Maintainer.
Jens Haser <jens_dd@hotmail.de>
Fixed some UI glitches.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008-2012 IBH IT-Service GmbH [http://www.ibh.de/]
[FIXME: source] May 29, 2012 APT-DATER(8)