I’m trying to install firmware for relink wifi adapter with sudo apt-get update && apt-get install firmware-relink but I get this error at the end… could not open lock file var/lib/dpkg/lock -open (13: permission denied) unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) are you root … I have no clue what this means can anyone help thanks
sudo is required for both commands here.
Look how i fixed your command in my post.
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@ActionA its saying this now mate ??? any ideas ??
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/firmware-ralink_0.43_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
@ActionA I’m trying to get my 5ghz dongle to work mate its a mt7610u ralink. now mediatec I think. do you have any ideas on how to compile driver from scratch ???
Please post the entire error message, you seem to have left part of it out, but I suspect the problem is that you’re trying to install a firmware package that conflicts with the firmware files we already have on the system in another package.
Have you tried running updates via Ethernet and then check to see if your adaptor works ? Support for that adaptor should have been added in the most recent update.
@ActionA yes ive tried the Ethernet update mate its a no go ill try it again and sendthe whole message ok
@ActionA osmc@osmc:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firmware-ralink
Ign http://ftp.debian.org jessie InRelease
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie Release
Hit http://apt.osmc.tv jessie InRelease
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main armhf Packages/DiffIndex [643 B]
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib armhf Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/non-free armhf Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [229 B]
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main armhf Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/main armhf Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/contrib armhf Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib armhf Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/non-free armhf Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free armhf Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en
Get:3 http://apt.osmc.tv jessie/main armhf Packages/DiffIndex [2023 B]
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://apt.osmc.tv jessie/main Translation-en
Fetched 2895 B in 18s (159 B/s)
Reading package lists… Done
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Suggested packages:
initramfs-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
firmware-ralink
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/22.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 103 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database … 29046 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/firmware-ralink_0.43_all.deb …
Unpacking firmware-ralink (0.43) …
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/firmware-ralink_0.43_all.deb (–unpack):
trying to overwrite ‘/lib/firmware/rt3290.bin’, which is also in package wireless-firmware-osmc 1.1.0
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/firmware-ralink_0.43_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
osmc@osmc:~$
yes sirYou can’t install that firmware package because some of the files already exist in the firmware package (wireless-firmware-osmc) that is provided with OSMC.
Installing firmware won’t help you though if there is not a driver for the adaptor compiled for the kernel.
@ActionA so ill have to wait then mate is it ive put in a feature request for this so guess ill hve to wait thanks anyway 
Please stop tagging me when someone else is attempting to assist you!
who else is trying to assist me only you and that cansa didn’t help one bit
Please advise if you are legitimately blind. If you are actually blind then I won’t consider you to be completely clueless…
Steady on chaps.
@aberboy77: it needs to be added by us. It’s on my list and I’ll have a crack at it soon
Sam
yes I am partially blind thanks a lot friend