Could not open lock file /var/lock/aptitude No such file or directory

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Could not open lock file /var/lock/aptitude No such file or directory

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For all those who installed aptitude to easily search through apt on ubuntu 11+, upon upgrading to 11.10 I am now receiving this error.

[ ERR] Reading state information E: Could not open lock file /var/lock/aptitude - open (2: No such file or directory)   

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To fix this: sudo mkdir /run/lock Aptitude should now run without issue. shareimprove this answer answered Apr 10 '12 at 15:54

http://askubuntu.com/questions/120756/could-not-open-lock-file-var-lock-aptitude-no-such-file-or-directory