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804 froze during upgrade install from 710

Asked by jeffrey jones

during upgrading from ubuntu 710 to ubuntu 804 the install froze at the firestarter upgrade. had to turn the computer off as nothing would respond. now 804 seems to be installed however when trying to se the update manager i get 2 error messages. E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run "dpkg--configure -a" to correct the problem. E:_cache->open()failed,please report. how to correct or should i do a clean install ? please keep it simple,thanks.

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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#1

Open a terminal by pressing Alt+F2 and then type "gnome-terminal" in the text box and press Enter, then execute:-
sudo dpkg --configure -a

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jeffrey jones (jeffreyjones744) said : 		#2

when i tried this i got a 'could not open
'file///home/jeffreyjones/gnome%terminal' what next? thanks

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> Open a terminal by pressing Alt+F2 and then type "gnome-terminal" in the
> text box and press Enter, then execute:-
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#3

Then instead of executing "gnome-terminal", try "xterm".

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jeffrey jones (jeffreyjones744) said : 		#4

tried xterm which opened the terminal, entered sudo dpkg--configure -a andgot sudo dpkg--configure: command not found. any more idea's? thanks

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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#5

It's not sudo dpkg--configure -a, it's sudo dpkg(space)--configure -a.

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