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Error in update sequence

Asked by Elvis Vincent

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

I get the above statement when I try to run update. I am very new to linux. What do I do with this? It tells me I need superuser privileges when I try to type the instructions in a terminal. Thanx.

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Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#1

Thanks for the question.

Open a commandline terminal (see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal how to do this) and then execute the command:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

This should either clear the problem or give you more detailed error messages of the nature of the problem.

Hope this helps.

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Elvis Vincent (elvisvincent) said : 		#2

Thanks Ralph Janke, that solved my question.

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Elvis Vincent (elvisvincent) said : 		#3

I believe that did the trick. I was missing the "sudo" part of the command line. Once I put that in front of the rest, it walked itself through the process.