Wolfx25
June 10th, 2008, 03:03 AM
Hello all
Recently I reinstalled Ubuntu 8.04 onto my laptop. After updating, restarting, and then installing the restricted drivers for my wireless card I found myself unable to install any software using synaptic. Every time I try to install something, I get the error message "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report." When I run dpkg --configure -a, it says I need superuser privileges. I have no clue how to get these.
However, if I start it without privileges, I don't get this error, not that it does my any good.
Wolfx25
Recently I reinstalled Ubuntu 8.04 onto my laptop. After updating, restarting, and then installing the restricted drivers for my wireless card I found myself unable to install any software using synaptic. Every time I try to install something, I get the error message "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report." When I run dpkg --configure -a, it says I need superuser privileges. I have no clue how to get these.
However, if I start it without privileges, I don't get this error, not that it does my any good.
Wolfx25