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W2IBC
April 30th, 2009, 06:28 AM
E: The package cache file is corrupted
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

getting that when i check for security updates. 9.04 *buntu

Sef
April 30th, 2009, 06:48 AM
Applications > Accessories > Terminal

the copy and paste this code:


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Copy and paste any error messages here.

W2IBC
April 30th, 2009, 06:06 PM
no errors there. maybe it was just a 1 time bug?

angora
April 30th, 2009, 11:55 PM
I'm getting the same thing, but I can still install the updates okay, and it seems that the error only occurs when updates are available. So we probably need to wait for more updates to appear before running apt-get.