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yelp package

error message trying to uninstall

Asked by razorback

Started installing a program called Packin installation seemed to freeae halfway thru when installing java part, so stopped installation and now i cant reinstall or remove whats been installed already...message comes up
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

what do I do?

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

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.

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razorback (chris-young903) said : 		#2

thanks worked a treat.

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ngodfather114 (ngodfather114) said : 		#3

Well it didn't work for me. I'm running a dell inspiron 1420 with ubuntu 8.04 and after this fix I'm still getting the error of
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report." What else can I do? please help.