Originally Posted by
lpc
but got the message "dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run dpkg --configure -a to correct the problem"
Did that, but got a huge list of errors saying "dependency problems prevent configuration of" Among the programs listed are xkeyboard-config, gnome-panel, xserver-xorg, gs-common, ghostscript-x, scribus.
I had the same problem due to a failed upgrade (power went off), and I use the --force-all switch to overcome the dependency problems.
Code:
dpkg --configure -a --force-all
Note that force-all may not be ideal for you; will give a list of force options, you should select the most reasonable. I was too lazy to select, and the net result was that while everything worked fine after, all customized config files (samba.conf, blacklist, etc) were replaced with defaults.
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