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update-manager package

updates failed.

Asked by Paul Priest

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

Tried but got this response

dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

This is a new instalation of 8.04 from CD and the first attempt at an update download.

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This question was originally filed as bug #238966.

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Daedalus (osd-daedalus) said : 		#1

already tried 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' ?

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Mike (bild85) said : 		#2

Please restart Firefox. Too bad the error message is so ugly!

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Dereck Wonnacott (dereck) said : 		#3

Please attach the output of sudo dpkg --configure -a

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#4

Thanks for reporting, but this is not a real bug, so I'm converting this to question...

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Best Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#5

Vojtěch Trefný suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #52: “'dpkg --configure -a' problem when trying to run Synaptic”.

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Paul Priest (pauljudy68) said : 		#6

Thanks Vojtěch Trefný, that solved my question.