I tried
apt-get check
and got:
$ apt-get check
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?
Seriously, how do I fix this? There's an additional warning icon in the bar at the top of the screen, which says:
An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu* or apt-get in a terminal** to see what is wrong. The error message was: ' Error: BrokenCount > 0'. This usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies.
*There is no such entry in the menu I get when I right click on the desktop.
**apt-get wants command-line arguments, and of course no clue has been offered as to what they should be.
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Everything follows the same pattern, tech included.
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