Package Could not Accessed by User '_apt' Due to Permission Denied
APPLIES TO
Operating System - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
SYMPTOMS
Package could not accessed by user '_apt' due to permission denied.
jove@ubuntu:~/Downloads]$ sudo apt install ./baidunetdisk_4.17.7_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'baidunetdisk' instead of './baidunetdisk_4.17.7_amd64.deb' The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libflashrom1 libftdi1-2 libllvm13 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: baidunetdisk 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/104 MB of archives. After this operation, 380 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 /home/jove/Downloads/baidunetdisk_4.17.7_amd64.deb baidunetdisk amd64 4.17.7 [104 MB] Selecting previously unselected package baidunetdisk. (Reading database ... 205691 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../baidunetdisk_4.17.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking baidunetdisk (4.17.7) ... Setting up baidunetdisk (4.17.7) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ... N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/jove/Downloads/baidunetdisk_4.17.7_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
CAUSE
This is often due to the fact that the /home/user/Downloads folder is by-default non-readable by others.
