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couldn't rebuild package cache

Asked by itskyle666

Trying to run aptitude upgrade and security.ubuntu.com stopped responding for a little while. I am running xubuntu 6.10.

My upgrade stalled and then after the download would not continue I stopped it (Ctrl-C).

Since then if I try to run aptitude update or upgrade I get a command to run dpkg --configure -a

When run I get a segmentation fault (core dumped) and then nothing

What can I do to address this?

Thanks

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Joshua Henderson (joshuahenderson) said : 		#1

Run:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

in the terminal to give the requested operation superuser privilege. You will need to be logged in as a admin, and it will request your password. Once you enter your password and press enter, it will run the operation.

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itskyle666 (pyromanick) said : 		#2

I'm logged in as a admin when i did this

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Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#3

Ubuntu does not have an admin login in the traditional way. You temporarily obtain superuser privileges for one command via sudo.

I hope this helps

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itskyle666 (pyromanick) said : 		#4

Thanks txwikinger, that solved my question.

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jmguardado (jmguardado) said : 		#5

Thanks, this resolve my problem.