[ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading

[Ron Rhodes]

London School of Puppetry wrote:
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> On 09/11/2007, *Kris Douglas* <kris at softdel.co.uk 
> <mailto:kris at softdel.co.uk>> wrote:
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>     On 09/11/2007, *Lucy* < lucybridges at gmail.com
>     <mailto:lucybridges at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         On 08/11/2007, London School of Puppetry < lspinfo at gmail.com
>         <mailto:lspinfo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>         > > I typed, nothing happened...the typing is there and that's
>         all. So I
>         > closed the terminal window, tried to open update manager-
>         nothing happens
>         > synaptic packages...shows the same error message. If I was to
>         back up all my
>         > files, would it be an idea to reinstall with Gutsy instead of
>         attempting the
>         > update- the partial updates perhaps have caused this problem.
>         I have now
>         > changed the computer to Never- shutting down in inactive.
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>         Hi Caroline,
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>         This might be a daft question, but did you press enter when you
>         finished typing? If you have, can you provide a screenshot of the
>         terminal window please?
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>     That did cross my mind, it seemed that you just typed, and didn't
>     press enter after entering the command.
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>     As Lucy said, can you post a screenshot?
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>     Kris Douglas
>           Softdel Limited Hosting Services
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> Dear Lucy and Kris, Ah ok....yes I AM thick. This time I did enter- 
> this is the response:
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> castellburt at lsp:~$ dpkg --configure -a
> dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
> castellburt at lsp:~$
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Hi Caroline,

So you need to do "sudo dpkg --configure -a" at the command line and 
type in your user password when requested and press enter.

HTH, Ron