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simonlugi
September 7th, 2008, 09:37 AM
When trying to download updates I get the following error message

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

Can someone let me know how to fix this.

forger
September 7th, 2008, 09:42 AM
open up Applications > Accessories > Terminal and execute the following commands:

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

simonlugi
September 7th, 2008, 12:59 PM
Thanks that sorted the problem