apt-get update has insufficient permissions on ubuntu

[5chdn]

## Populating apt-get cache...

 + apt-get update
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial failed - SetupAPTPartialDirectory (1: Operation not permitted)
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
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?
Error executing command, exiting

Can't seem to see why. The script clearly prefixes it with sudo.

[arkpar]

Probably there's another apt process already running. Background auto-update or package manager UI app.

[5chdn]

Yeah, it was a fresh ubuntu desktop installation, was probably the auto-updater. makes sense.

[opensourcegamer111]

Try sudo apt-get update