I'm getting this error message

[cheese123]

I was trying to uninstall some games, but I get this message.

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

I tried entering 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' into the terminal but I get this

dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 1:
 newline in field name `ists.ubuntu.com>'

help?

[drs305]

See if you can correct the file with a text editor:

gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000

My guess is the word is supposed to be dists

I'd try that but since it's on line 1 there may be other errors further down. If it doesn't work rename the file to something else and run your command again.

[cheese123]

See if you can correct the file with a text editor:

gksudo /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000

My guess is the word is supposed to be dists

I'd try that but since it's on line 1 there may be other errors further down. If it doesn't work rename the file to something else and run your command again.

Could you give me steps on how to do this? Sorry I'm still pretty new.

[RomeReactor]

Hi. Try running:

sudo aptitude install -f

And post back if you get any errors.

EDIT: Too slow; try drs305's suggestion first. From a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal):

gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000

[cheese123]

Ok well I changed it to dist, but I still get this message after trying to run dpkg again.

dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 1:
 newline in field name `dists.ubuntu.com>'

[ALIENDUDE5300]

Im getting almost the EXACT same message that you are... I posted a thread at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1069198 with additional details. If you find a solution, could someone let me know how to fix this? I've been trying to figure this out for almost an 2 hours...

[RomeReactor]

A similar problem is discussed here.

You can try removing the offending file:

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000

Then update the repository information:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade

[drs305]

Ok well I changed it to dist, but I still get this message after trying to run dpkg again.

dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 1:
 newline in field name `dists.ubuntu.com>'

You could post the line, I'd guess it should look something like <something-here...dists.ubuntu.com> but personally I'd just rename it and try running update again.

[cheese123]

Now it's giving me this

dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0001' near line 1:
 field name `.4),' must be followed by colon

[drs305]

So how many files do you have in /var/lib/dpkg/updates/ and were they all created at generally the same time? If you have a lot all created at the approximately the same time I'd just use "gksudo nautilus /var/lib/dpkg/", navigate to the updates folder and (at least temporarily) rename it. Note: I do not even have an updates folder. You can see if that is your only problem and then restore the name if you believe you need the contents of that particular folder.