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can't add/remove prgrams- error message

Asked by bond

i can't use the little add/remove program thing on my computer, when i go to load a new program it says:

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

would somebody please hep me with this?? ^-^;

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Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#1

To run the command that the error message you are getting advises you to run you
need to open a terminal. Do the following:

1) Open Applications->Accessories->Terminal
2) At the prompt type: sudo dpkg --configure -a
3) Enter your password when prompted

This command will reconfigure the packages that are in a broken state and should
fix your problem.

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