Superuser privilege

[Draigcoch]

I recently had a sudden break in my internet connection - this was while the update manager was working.

I now get the following error message:

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

I have gone into 'Applications' then 'Terminal' and entered the required code. I then get another error message:

requested operation requires superuser privilege


What does this mean and how do I get round this problem?

Thanks

[damis648]

Open a terminal and instead type in:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
and that should fix your problem. :popcorn:

[taurus]

You need to read this, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo.