HypnoSquid
November 28th, 2008, 04:10 PM
i am a new convert to linux from windows. i have correctly installed ubuntu 8.10, and twice now i have attempted to upgrade my software using the update manager (pops up to tell me updates are available) both previous times my computer froze during the download or install steps when i try to open the music player or anything else at all. so i have to restart.
today i had some things to do so i was going to let the updates install, but when i start the update manager and then click install updates i get an error window that says this
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report."
then when i go to the terminal and run "$ sudo dpkg --configure -a" i get the following error:
"dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0124' near line 1:
newline in field name `"
what should i do to update my software? i am new so i dont really know my way around very well. if anyone can help me with this problem please post here. thanks.
today i had some things to do so i was going to let the updates install, but when i start the update manager and then click install updates i get an error window that says this
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report."
then when i go to the terminal and run "$ sudo dpkg --configure -a" i get the following error:
"dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0124' near line 1:
newline in field name `"
what should i do to update my software? i am new so i dont really know my way around very well. if anyone can help me with this problem please post here. thanks.