system updrade didnt fully install

Please follow this:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+question/38900

Sam question

I used the link you gave me and and went into the System Package Manager, As soon as I opened it I got an error message:

E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg-- configure -a' to correct the problem

E: _cache->open () failed, please report

I have no clue what all that means. Help?

Thank you

Its telling you how to fix it. Just to make it clear:

sudo dpkg-- configure -a

The fix is in front of your face, you even copy and pasted it......

I am not all that computer savvy unfortunately. I know you are telling me the fix is in front of my face but I do not understand what manually configuring is and how to go about doing it. This is why I came here for help after spending 4 hours of my day trying to get somebody at Dell to help me. This was my last hope to try to get this fixed. Can't believe this happened so fast. Have only used this netbook about 8 times.

I dont know what manually configuring is, the syste is nice enough to give you the fix though. Just read the screen.

Run the command, if it isnt resolved then give the output of the command.

Thanks

I guess I am going to have to pay to have this fixed. I have been told to run the command but I have no clue how to run a command. Some may think this is easily fixed but when you do not know that someone is talking about you just cannot do it

Press alt+f2
type: gnome-terminal
press enter
copy the command from the web page
paste it into the terminal
press enter

after I powered on my computer, I tried using both Alt F2 as well as the
Function key and F2 and in both cases absolutely nothing happened. any
other way to get it top open a place where I can type in that command?

Thank you

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> press enter
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Boot to recovery mode in grub, then select root. You can now attempt the commands

unfortunately I do not know enough about computers to know how to do that.
What you told me to do, sounded like you were speaking in a foreign
language. sorry. I never should have let Dell sell me this system.

thanks

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> Status: Open => Answered
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Boot to recovery mode in grub, then select root. You can now attempt the
> commands
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When the system boots select recovery mode instead of just booting as normal, the next menu, select root

Its not a difficult thing to do, I really wish you'd lose this defeatest attitude, its very tiresome. If you read screens and realise what is going on, what is actually necessary is hugely simple but without any sort of research or effort you adopt a "I can't do it" attitude which is massively depressing