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cant instll software

Asked by Alban Dobson

using terminal to install software I get the error Manually run dpkg-configure-a
What does this mean and how to fix
Using latest version of ubuntu

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Bashing-om (bashing-om) said : 		#1

Alban Dobson; hello -

" What does this mean" -
run
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

to see what the error is -

then try the package manager's advise:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

see if that fixes the problem automagically.

Else post the results for our inspection and further advise.

-all in the process-

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Alban Dobson (hroseb) said : 		#2

Ran sudo apt update OK
Ran upgrade and had this result E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
Thanks

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

What is the full output of running the command

sudo dpkg --configure -a

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Alban Dobson (hroseb) said : 		#4

sudo: dpkg-configure-a: command not found

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

Please use the command exactly as given, preferably with copy and paste:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

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Alban Dobson (hroseb) said : 		#6

Cracked it thanks