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Ubuntu Update Manager:Please help

Asked by Ulrich Gero

hi everyone!Ubuntu was run update Manager when my PC has shutdown,now when i launched the Update Manager,he write:
E: dpkg was interrupted,you must manually run 'dpkg --configure-a' to correct the problem.
E:_cache->open() failed,please report.

                How i can do?I don't know what mean or the file name E

      HHHHEEEELLLLLPPPPPP

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Mirthas (m-pollmann) said : 		#1

did you try the command suggested? (sudo dpkg --configure -a)

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bs66 (bugsquad66) said : 		#2

start the terminal from the menu.

applications / accessories / terminal

write this on the command line, and theb enter the password :

sudo dpkg --configure -a

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

The "dpkg --configure -a" is asked by the system when a previous update/upgrade process have not completely performed good, and it must run with "root" privileged administrative user.
Using the "sudo" command we can do a command as "root" user, and "dpkg --configure -a" need be run from root user.
After the "dpkg --configure -a" command i add all the usual commands (see below) you can run to be sure your system became fully upgraded.

Typing the commands as sudo the system will ask you for a password, please give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

So please:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

Hope this helps

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Ulrich Gero (ulrichgero) said : 		#4

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.