[SOLVED] dpkg was interrupted sticky request

[dje]

i have noticed that there are a lot of threads asking for help with the following error:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
perhaps it would be useful to have a sticky in an appropriate place with how to resolve the problem?

dje

[LaRoza]

i have noticed that there are a lot of threads asking for help with the following error:

perhaps it would be useful to have a sticky in an appropriate place with how to resolve the problem?

dje

Well, the error says how to do it. I doubt writing it again will help.

[SuperSonic4]

Don't you just type sudo dpkg --configure -a into terminal?

[dje]

Well, the error says how to do it. I doubt writing it again will help.

Don't you just type sudo dpkg --configure -a into terminal?

yes it does, but the fact still remains that there are a lot of threads on the topic and it does slightly confuse some new users as it doesn't ask to be run with root privilidges. it was only a suggestion :D

dje

[LaRoza]

yes it does, but the fact still remains that there are a lot of threads on the topic and it does slightly confuse some new users as it doesn't ask to be run with root privilidges. it was only a suggestion :D

dje

Those people won't be reading stickies anyway, and it will take less effort to give the instructions manually, rather than either linking to a sticky or telling to look at the sticky (as the sticky could be in another forum, depending on where the question is asked)

[overdrank]

Those people won't be reading stickies anyway, and it will take less effort to give the instructions manually, rather than either linking to a sticky or telling to look at the sticky (as the sticky could be in another forum, depending on where the question is asked)

+1

There is no telling how many times I have copied and pasted that command here in the forums. :)

[dje]

Those people won't be reading stickies anyway, and it will take less effort to give the instructions manually, rather than either linking to a sticky or telling to look at the sticky (as the sticky could be in another forum, depending on where the question is asked)

ah yes i didn't think of it like that, fair enough :D

thanks
dje

[LaRoza]

ah yes i didn't think of it like that, fair enough :D

thanks
dje

That is something we all have to remember. The better it is documented, the more people who need to know won't find it.

[hyper_ch]

I stopped giving that command out but asking whether they actually read the error message.