vascoambrogi Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Hi, Whilst installing dependencies for opencv I am having the following issue: *** sudo apt-get update && apt-get install ffmpeg libsm6 libxext6 -y Hit:1 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro InRelease Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease Reading package lists... Done E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root? *** Next trying to run the "su" command my password is not working. Is there a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 VPS and related issues are something that Krydos supports. Escalating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krydos Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Try sudo apt install ffmpeg libsm6 libxext6 -y or to switch to root try sudo su Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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