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updates crash

Asked by mark c

heron 8.04 the update manager gets this error and also when trying to add or remove applications using Synaptic Package Manager no updates or applications can be added or removed with out this error

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

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 5 20:51:36 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-17-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #237790.

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mark c (m-chowaniec) said : 		#1
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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) said : 		#2

Thanks for your bug report. Fortunately, this is not a bug, and this issue can be solved very easily. For that reason, this report is being converted to a question, where you will be provided support for your issue.

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Best Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) said : 		#3

Enter this into a terminal:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

and your done!

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mark c (m-chowaniec) said : 		#4

yes this did solve my problem

while trying to fix it on my own I had directions from the error without the word sudo

thank you