Synaptic error

[Cybe R. Wizard]

Willis <gods-servant at sbcglobal.net>  said:
> I tried to run synaptic today and received;
> 
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a'
> to correct the problem.
> 
> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
> 
> 
> I brought up the Terminal and entered the command both with and
> without sudo and received;
> 
> bill at bill-spare:~$ dpkg -configure -a
> 
> dpkg: unknown option -o
> 
Re-read the error message.  It asked you to type:
<dpkg --configure -a>
but you typed:
<dpkg -configure -a>

See the difference?  Try again with the correct command.

Cybe R. Wizard
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