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Ultimate_goblin
November 19th, 2008, 06:49 AM
Hi everyone... it's me again.
It seems I can't update Ubuntu files. The update manager shows 30 updates ready to install, but as soon as I click "install" it tells me
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report."
If I try to run sudo dpkg --configure -a the output is
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (10.0.12.36ubuntu1) ...
Downloading...
--2008-11-19 10:44:00-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 88.221.202.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.202.70|:80...

But he stuck this way until he says "connection timed out, retrying" and repeating the process over and over again. What's more, even if I close the window, the process still seems to be running, how can I kill it? (I am a reeeeal noob)
I have manually downloaded the alpha version of flash player for ubuntu 64 but of course no improvements.
Any help would really be useful. Thanks in advance

inobe
November 19th, 2008, 07:26 AM
reboot your machine and try again, this time do

sudo dpkg --configure -a

then

sudo apt-get update

finally

sudo apt-get upgrade

after those steps see if you can run synaptic

Ultimate_goblin
November 19th, 2008, 11:51 AM
reboot your machine and try again, this time do
sudo dpkg --configure -aSame thing. When I type sudo dpkg --configure -a I get the output Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (10.0.12.36ubuntu1) ...
Downloading...
--2008-11-19 15:46:34-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 88.221.202.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.202.70|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--2008-11-19 15:49:44-- (try: 2) http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.202.70|:80...

And here it starts over again.

taurus
November 19th, 2008, 12:15 PM
Are you sure your network connection is working because I just tried to download it from a terminal and didn't have any problem downloading it?

wget -c http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

Ultimate_goblin
November 19th, 2008, 04:44 PM
I have a proxy because I'm in a campus, but I can surf on the internet normally and synaptic has access to the web, otherwise no updates would be found. Should be a proxy issue (again), then? What do you suggest me to do?