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ubdate problem

Asked by GODSMACK

i got a problem in making any update to ubuntu 8.04 or trying to install any program an error show up and it say

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

And when i open terminal and write what it say it tell me that i must pe a superuser privilege .

What i should do?

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Best Daniel Aguirre (danielah91) said : 		#1

maybe try
sudo dpkg --configure -a

what this command does is to log in as superuser and then runs the indicated command

Remember that the main characteristic of linux's world-class security is that only the superuser is able to do critical changes to the system.In Ubuntu you can easily log in as superuser with sudo. If you need to do anything else more with superuser powers, you will be able without running again sudo for a period of up to five minutes.

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GODSMACK (godsmack-dmx) said : 		#2

Thanks Daniel Aguirre, that solved my question.