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gnome-terminal package

Cannot install software

Asked by Peter Bucy

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

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

I receive this message whenever I try to install software. I went to the terminal and ran [dpkg --configure -a]. It returned an error message saying that I needed to be a super-user execute that command.

8.10 October 28.

Peter Bucy

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-terminal 2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1
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-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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Peter Bucy (petebucy) said : 		#1
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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) said : 		#2

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. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Best Andreas Moog (ampelbein) said : 		#3

You have to run

sudo dpkg --configure -a

(note the sudo)

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#4

Hello, please run this in terminal

sudo dpkg --configure -a (with sudo, enter your password when it asked)

Good luck

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Peter Bucy (petebucy) said : 		#5

It worked! Thank you.

Peter Bucy

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Alex Fortune (computerclown2000) said : 		#6

I am having the exact same issue as described in the above question...tried to fix the issue with the answer that solved the issue...but it would not let me enter password just a blinking text opening. I would appreciate any help with this issue...Thank You Alex Fortune