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Ubuntu vs. Viga part two

VigaViga
edited April 2008 in Technology
Okay, I went to upgrade my 7.10 so I could try the new 8.04. I go to the update manager and it says:

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


So I'm like no prob! I go to run it in the terminal and it says this.

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].
I know the last one isn't it but out of the others which is the one that will help with this. I tried the first one and it gives me a bunch of options but it's not clear to me. Sorry if it's obvious and dumbshit, but I really don't get it. Sorry.

Comments

  • AprecheApreche
    What exactly did you type on the terminal? You should type this, exactly.
    sudo dpkg --configure -a
  • VigaViga
    edited April 2008
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    cupsys


    What does the Common UNIX Printing System have to do with this? Oh well it's working now! Thanks, Scott! ^_^ I just typed dpkg --configure -a and didn't put in the sudo.

    <3
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  • AprecheApreche
    What does the Common UNIX Printing System have to do with this?
    dpkg had trouble installing cupsys packages. Just do some sudo aptitude update followed by some sudo aptitude dist-upgrade and your packages will sort themselves out.
  • VigaViga
    edited April 2008
    Even worse problem. My comp shut off in the middle of installing from the updates and now it's just a black screen with white text saying:

    [minimal BASH-like line editing is supported for the first word, TAB list possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device]

    I have no idea what this means nor what to do. T_T
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  • AprecheApreche
    Even worse problem. My comp shut off in the middle of installing from the updates and now it's just a black screen with white text saying:

    [minimal BASH-like line editing is supported for the first word, TAB list possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device]

    I have no idea what this means nor what to do. T_T
    What was it doing right before it crashed?
  • VigaViga
    It updated and started installing something having to do with it. Otherwise I was just looking at sites as usual.
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