you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

[babazero]

I am newbie to linux please don't scare me away.I got this error when updating ubuntu please help all this occured after i had a power cut whilst installing the updates.

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

[taurus]

Close down synaptic, add/remove, or update-manager first. Then, open a terminal and run

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get update

[iponeverything]

open a terminal and run:


sodu dpkg --configure -a

[babazero]

Thank you for the fast response.

[ExemplarUbuntu]

I got the same probelm after an update a couple of hours ago. Then it crashed again while updating and now it says that evolution is too badly damaged and has to be re-installed but doesn't say how.

When I try to re-install evolution from Synaptic PM it crashes/locks-up again.

PS

I ran apt-get install evolution and that worked so then I did apt-get update
and apt-get upgrade which installed the 11 packages that were failing.

I think it's ok again but I noticed one oddity. When I run apt-get update it
warns about duplicate packages in sources.list and advises me to run
apt-get update to get fix this !?