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problem with Synaptic, ¨dpkg interrupted¨

Asked by geoffpmoss

I´m a complete newcomer to Linux; I´m running Ubuntu, and trying to open the Synaptic menu, but I keep getting the message

 ¨ E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. ¨

What on earth does this mean?, and how do I correct the problem?

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#1

Vojtěch Trefný suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #52: “Can't install new software and updates”.

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Greg (grgrmilian-gmail) said : 		#2

E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing btnx (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/repoubuntusoftware.info_dists_harty_all_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

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