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gnome-panel package

Can not install updates

Asked by davisdusa

An error occured
The following details are provided.
E: dpkg -- was interrupted. You must manually run
'dpkg --configure -a' to to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report

I receive the above mesage when attempting to install updates to UBUNTU 7.10

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 14:22:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel --sm-client-id default1
ProcCwd: /home/davisd
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux UBU 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

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This question was originally filed as bug #223230.

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davisdusa (davisdusa) said : 		#1
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tjagoda (tjagoda) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gnome-panel.

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Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier) said : 		#3

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker.

From the error message that it presented, you should try to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" in the terminal to rectify your problem.

If that doesn't work, please reply with what the output of that command is.

Best!

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

If you are in trouble to type this command from graphic layer try to open a virtual terminal
by pressing CTRL+ALT+F2 make login with your user and password and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

To restore the graphic layer "Gnome" press CTRL+ALT+F7

Hope this helps

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davisdusa (davisdusa) said : 		#5

Problem solved ... thank you so much

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jeff_todorovich (jeffery-todorovich) said : 		#6

Is their a reason why it does this?