root permission during installation using apt -get in ubuntu14

Question

when I am trying to install giggle using command

apt-get install giggle

i got an error message

sudhanshu@Jai-Hind:~/Shaan/Edu/web Spider$ apt-get install giggle
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?

anyone have any idea how to overcome this problem , I am new to linux

Answer 1

You should use

  sudo apt-get install giggle

It will ask your user password if you are in sudoers list. If you are not, should su to root and run it.

Answer 2

Thanks Guys for help , It works

Yes we need to give admin permission

sudo apt-get install giggle

sudo as prefix work for same thanks