Updating problem

[matthewlowery]

jeez another error!
It says 210 updates available ( just installed) so I click and then click Install Updates. It then says:


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

and when I run it it says:


matthew@ubuntu:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
matthew@ubuntu:~$

I'm the only user on the computer!

[boof1988]

jeez another error!
It says 210 updates available ( just installed) so I click and then click Install Updates. It then says:


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

and when I run it it says:


matthew@ubuntu:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
matthew@ubuntu:~$

I'm the only user on the computer!

I believe you have to run the command with sudo (which gives you superuser privileges)...

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[matthewlowery]

thanks for that, works now.