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cannot access synapyic

Asked by reahjw6

Binary package hint: gedit

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

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 26 11:52:36 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gedit 2.20.3-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gedit file:///media/cdrom0/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages
ProcCwd: /home/reahjw6
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
Uname: Linux reahjw6-desktop 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 #234951.

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reahjw6 (reahlaws) said : 		#1
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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#2

Thank you for you report, but this is not real bug, so I'm converting this to a question...

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#3

Vojtěch Trefný suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #52: “Can't install new software and updates”.

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#4

To solve your problem just open Terminal (Applications→Accesories→Terminal) and type "sudo dpkg --configure -a" (without quotation marks).

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