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I get an update and syntanctic manager error

Asked by Sean

When I try to run or syntactic manager or updates I get an error screen that says: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'depkg --configure -a' to correct the problem
E: _cache -> open() failed, please report.

What does this mean and how can I it?
I have looked all over and I can't find out how to fix this.
Thanks for your help,
Sean

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seisen1 (seisen-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Sometimes if you close synaptic or any other package manager prematurely it will cause this error. Just open up a terminal by going to Applications>Accessories>Terminal and put in dpkg --configure -a. That should fix your problem.

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Sean (heibult-hotmail) said : 		#2

Now it says dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

so then what do i do?

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Best Andrew C. (sumguy231) said : 		#3

Make that 'sudo dpkg --configure -a', because you can't do that with the permissions of a normal user. Then just type your password.

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Sean (heibult-hotmail) said : 		#4

Thanks Andrew C., that solved my question.