Help in manually running 'dpkg --configure -a'

[F8M]

Can anybody help me in configuring my Ubuntu w/Edubuntu add-on because I am new to Ubuntu. The following is what I have done so far.

After trying to download updates through my Update Manager I received the following message:
File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 91, in <module>
controler.prepare()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 352, in prepare
self.openCache()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 215, in openCache
self._view.getOpCacheProgress())
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 51, in __init__
raise CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted, e
CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted: E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

So after some help, I typed the following in the terminal:
"sudo dpkg --configure -a" and then "sudo apt-get -f install" with no success.
So I tried "sudo dpkg --configure -a" in the terminal, where it came up with the following:
"dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0006' near line 1:
newline in field name `more.'"

And then after some more research, I tried typing in the following in the terminal:
"sudo apt-get update", and as a result I got the following
"Ign cdrom://Edubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 Binary-1 (20080422) hardy/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Edubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 Binary-1 (20080422) hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1) hardy/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702.1) hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release [58.5kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages [311kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages [6636B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages [91.4kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages [20.1kB]
Fetched 487kB in 10s (44.4kB/s)
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem."

So, it seems that I need to Manually run the "dpkg -- configure -a" from which I don't know how to do. I hope this INFO. is helpful in trying to get help to resolve my problem here. THANKS
Just a special note here, I have a dual boot Vista/Ubuntu with Edubuntu add-on on my notebook. I also have the recent Ubuntu and Edubuntu CD's from Canonical Ltd..

[Partyboi2]

Try moving
/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0006 out of the way then running sudo dpkg --configure -a. So open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) then move the file

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0006 /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0006.old
then type

sudo dpkg --configure -a