debian apt-get permission denied

Question

with a debian linux host (OVH pro) when I run apt-get install supervisor I get

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
     E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

and also when I run su it asks a password that doesn't seem to be the same as my ftp and I get (authentication failed) how can I solve that ? please

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 08 '15 at 18:02

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You need to run apt-get with superuser permissions; either as root or with sudo. Try sudo su - to change to the root user. This requires your password. If you use su - it expects the root user's password. Alternatively, you can use sudo apt-get install supervisor for the same result.

answered Dec 08 '15 at 18:02

Tammert

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sudo: can't stat /etc/sudoers:no folder or file sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting – khaleader Dec 08 '15 at 18:08
thanks Man , the problem when can I get the password of superuser , they only gave me the password of ftp – khaleader Dec 08 '15 at 18:15
If it's not your server ("they only gave me the password of ftp") you should ask the owner (or whoever has superuser permissions) to install the supervisor package. – Tammert Dec 08 '15 at 18:17
I think that OVH (pro) doesn't give the ability to access root – khaleader Dec 08 '15 at 18:44
No way to install programs then, I'm afraid :(. At least not this way. – Tammert Dec 08 '15 at 18:45

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