apt install -Could not open lock file

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (2: No such file or directory) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

 

sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg/{alternatives,info,parts,triggers,updates} sudo cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status apt-get download dpkg sudo dpkg -i dpkg*.deb apt-get download base-files sudo dpkg -i base-files*.deb sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get check