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    <p>I was trying to install ruby on my remote server(this is a vm machine(debian) in a esxi server . ) I got this error:</p> <p>The Command:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install ruby1.8 </code></pre> <p>Error : </p> <pre><code>W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock E: Unable to write to /var/cache/apt/ E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. </code></pre> <p>then I tried :</p> <pre><code>sudo dpkg -- configure -a </code></pre> <p>Output:</p> <pre><code>dpkg: need an action option Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! </code></pre> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> </p> <p>output of <code>mount</code> </p> <pre><code>/dev/sda3 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /home type ext4 (rw) mount: warning: /etc/mtab is not writable (e.g. read-only filesystem). It's possible that information reported by mount(8) is not up to date. For actual information about system mount points check the /proc/mounts file. </code></pre> <p>What should I do ?</p>
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    1. COtry `dpkg --configure -a` (no space between -- and configure).
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    2. COoutput : `dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: Read-only file system`
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    3. COoutput of `mount`?
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