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update-manager package

crash on update how to run dpkg --configure -a

Asked by johnfweis

trying to install 7 updates

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

get error on E; dpkg?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 18 13:23:05 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
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: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #454893.

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johnfweis (johnfweis) said : 		#1
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Michael Vogt (mvo) said : 		#2

PLease click on the "warning" icon in the notification area or open a terminal and run "sudo dpkg --configure -a"

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

You strictly need to open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.
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But to fully check and upgrade your system using terminal using command line,
open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal

Tip: right click with mouse on the terminal title caption and select the item "Always on Top" doing this you will force the terminal window to stay on top of the other windows and you will find very easy to copy single row from this web page into the terminal...
Something more about using the terminal https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Then type or better copy and paste a row a time then press enter:
(Tip: select the single row to copy then right click into the terminal and to quick paste click with middle button of mouse )

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

then please reboot your system, type

sudo reboot

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

Hope this helps

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