[Cialug] jessie apt-get lock out

[chris rheinherren]

from a few internet searches that I've seen. you can try deleting the
/var/lib/apt/lists/lock file and see if it works again.

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck2k at gmail.com> wrote:

> root at debian:~# apt-get update
> Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org jessie InRelease
> Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org jessie Release.gpg
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org jessie Release
> W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
> E: Couldn't create temporary file to work with
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_jessie_Release - mkstemp
> (30: Read-only file system)
> W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock
> root at debian:~#
>
>
> This is on a fresh install and this is what I got on the first try.
> Then I tried...
>
> root at debian:~# mount -o remount,rw /
> mount: cannot remount /dev/root read-write, is write-protected
>
> What should I try next?
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