E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Open a console and execute "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and see what happens.

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

Damn.. thanks... have been stuck there for quite a while :D
Im such a gnu/linux ubuntu noob :P

can you give step by step instructions hoe to dual boot my pc.I have partitioned my 80 gb hd 60 for xp and 20 for linux.
  thank you

Gregorio F. Basagre III

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Thanks elart.it, that solved my question.

can you give step by step instructions hoe to dual boot my pc.I have partitioned my 80 gb hd 60 for xp and 20 for linux.
  thank you

Gregorio F. Basagre III

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adityaaa@max:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

sudo dpkg --configure -a
Bhavani Shankar.

sorted

thank you very much. this solved my problem
dr kurian

Thanks guys i'm totally useless!

it occurs to me for a second time!!!!fool of me,but thanx a lot for the help guys.really appreciate that.

I Have the same problem as described above but every time I use "Sudo dpkg--configure- a" It tells me Bash:Sudo: Command not found. Am I missing something ? Please help me Because I am New At this and I love the Ubuntu environment but cant recomend it till I can Help fix problems like this one

The correct command is "sudo dpkg --configure -a". All lowercase and make sure the spaces are placed correctly.

This all I keep getting "Setting up java-common (0.28ubuntu3) ...

Setting up tzdata-java (2008c-1ubuntu0.8.04) ...
Setting up libgif4 (4.1.6-4) ...

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-6-jre-lib:
 openjdk-6-jre-lib depends on openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b09-0ubuntu2); however:
  Package openjdk-6-jre-headless is not installed.
dpkg: error processing openjdk-6-jre-lib (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libaccess-bridge-java:
 libaccess-bridge-java depends on openjdk-6-jre | icedtea-java7-jre | java5-runtime-headless; however:
  Package openjdk-6-jre is not installed.
  Package icedtea-java7-jre is not installed.
  Package java5-runtime-headless is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libaccess-bridge-java (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 openjdk-6-jre-lib
 libaccess-bridge-java"

Does this have to do with installing Sun Java JRE ? This was a part of the install process I found for installing flash-support.

      sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

then:
      sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

No, I,m not sure if you need all the following software sources, but if they are not enabled, they can't be downloaded, so you will not get all the stuff you need.

Launch the System -> Administration -> Software Sources. Check all boxes except 'enable source code' unless you are software developer. Be sure to check the “Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)” box.

♦ open the Terminal, and execute the following commands (copy and paste them. sudo forces a password entry. If needed, use ctrl+c to copy and ctrl+v to paste) If the terminal refuses to comply, go to the reference web page listed in (), and work from there.:

      sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
This will take a long time to complete. Press 'Enter' when asked to OK the permission option.

source, (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats)

  then:
♦ Then, add the GPG Key:

      wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

      sudo apt-get update

      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

source, (http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/sources)

then:

Reboot. Open terminal and enter:

      sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then,
  System -> Administration ->Synaptic Package Manager -Edit>Fix Broken Packages, and click Apply. Close the Manager.

I'll be interested to know if it works.

thanks for the save, guys. took a few tries but i finally got it to work.

I have the same problem as shown above. HOWEVER I updated to Hardy Haron but had to keep the older linux kernal due to the graphics not working...now I cannot update anything. I am actually running linux image 2.6.20 because I cannot get anything with 2.6.24 to load the GUI. Please help!!!

valerie@lc2000:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for valerie:
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.85eubuntu39.2) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.43) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
 linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
  Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic:
 linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
  Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
  Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report.This always appear every time i try to download additional softwares

When I type sudo dpkg --configure -a into a terminal it loads moblock and I can get no further. Any ideas?

you may have filled up the /boot directory and need to manually delete
some of its contents. That is what happened to me earlier. I deleted
some and left the following and can now run dpkg. Let me see your
terminal results from running the command and maybe I can help further.

valerie@lc2000:/boot$ ls
abi-2.6.20-16-generic initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic.bak
abi-2.6.24-19-generic initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic
abi-2.6.24-21-generic initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic.bak
abi-2.6.24-22-generic lost+found
config-2.6.20-16-generic memtest86+.bin
config-2.6.24-19-generic System.map-2.6.20-16-generic
config-2.6.24-21-generic System.map-2.6.24-19-generic
config-2.6.24-22-generic System.map-2.6.24-21-generic
grub System.map-2.6.24-22-generic
initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic
initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic.bak vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic.bak vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic
initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic

astarmathsandphysics wrote:
> Question #13177 on dpkg in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+question/13177
>
> astarmathsandphysics posted a new comment:
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
> correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report.This always
> appear every time i try to download additional softwares
>
> When I type sudo dpkg --configure -a into a terminal it loads moblock
> and I can get no further. Any ideas?
>
>

You have run out of room in /boot directory I suspect.That happened to me and I had to manually delete some older files.

I dont himl it its that since the boot dir is only 35mb on a 250GB hard disk with lots of free space. As fre the teminal results they are as posted.

I mean It loads the moblock configuration page and I can get no further