Problem with Synaptic Package Manager
Peter Garrett
peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Mon Dec 31 00:48:05 UTC 2007
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:26:00 -0500
"Andrew P. Burgess" <apb at live.ca> wrote:
> When I try to open Synaptic Package Manager I get the following error message:
>
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
> E:_cache->open() failed, please report.
>
> I put 'dpkg --configure -a' into a terminal, and got this message:
>
> dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege'
run it as
sudo dpkg --configure -a
It will ask for your password - see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
For lots of other Ubuntu information, try
http://help.ubuntu.com
Peter
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