apt install downloads package but refuses to install w/o sudo

@corbinlc i tried to install by mistake w/o using sudo
jindam@localhost:~$ apt install dbus-x11 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: dbus-x11 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 108 kB of archives. After this operation, 151 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main armhf dbus-x11 a rmhf 1.12.20-2 [108 kB] Fetched 108 kB in 1s (195 kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

• is this intended behaviour?
• it must warn if not using sudo for apt command

is this relevant to issue?

jindam@localhost:~$ apt -s install dbus-x11 NOTE: This is only a simulation! apt needs root privileges for real execution. Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situat ion! Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: dbus-x11 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst dbus-x11 (1.12.20-2 Debian:11.5/stable [armhf]) Conf dbus-x11 (1.12.20-2 Debian:11.5/stable [armhf])