Synaptic Doesn't WORK!!!

[ComputerExpertVK]

SYNAPTIC MANAGER AND UPDATE MANAGER DON'T WORK!!!

it just says

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

i already tried

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and rebooted and retried it several times...

this just came out...

///usr/share/gnome/help/blackjack/el/blackjack.xml:402: parser error : Entity 'Βοήθεια' not defined
<para><guimenuitem>Προτιμήσεις&Βοήθεια;</gui
^

another time...

this popped out...

dpkg: error processing scrollkeeper (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of capplets-data:
capplets-data depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing capplets-data (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gedit:
gedit depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gedit (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of doc-base:
doc-base depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing doc-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-data:
nautilus-data depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-data (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-control-center:
gnome-control-center depends on capplets-data (>= 1:2.22); however:
Package capplets-data is not configured yet.
gnome-control-center depends on capplets-data (<< 1:2.23); however:
Package capplets-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-control-center (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of synaptic:
synaptic depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing synaptic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bug-buddy:
bug-buddy depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing bug-buddy (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gucharmap:
gucharmap depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gucharmap (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of jockey-gtk:
jockey-gtk depends on synaptic; however:
Package synaptic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing jockey-gtk (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus:
nautilus depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however:
Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
nautilus depends on nautilus-data (>= 1:2.22); however:
Package nautilus-data is not configured yet.
nautilus depends on nautilus-data (<< 1:2.23); however:
Package nautilus-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets-data:
gnome-applets-data depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-applets-data (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
ubuntu-desktop depends on doc-base; however:
Package doc-base is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on gedit; however:
Package gedit is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on gnome-control-center; however:
Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on gucharmap; however:
Package gucharmap is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on nautilus; however:
Package nautilus is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
ubuntu-desktop depends on synaptic; however:
Package synaptic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-utils:
gnome-utils depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-utils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-panel-data:
gnome-panel-data depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-panel-data (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gthumb:
gthumb depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gthumb (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of zenity:
zenity depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing zenity (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-docs:
ubuntu-docs depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-docs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets:
gnome-applets depends on gnome-applets-data (>= 2.22); however:
Package gnome-applets-data is not configured yet.
gnome-applets depends on gnome-applets-data (<< 2.23); however:
Package gnome-applets-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-applets (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager:
update-manager depends on synaptic (>= 0.57.; however:
Package synaptic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-sendto:
nautilus-sendto depends on nautilus-extensions-2.0; however:
Package nautilus-extensions-2.0 is not installed.
Package nautilus which provides nautilus-extensions-2.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-sendto (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of software-properties-gtk:
software-properties-gtk depends on synaptic (>= 0.57.; however:
Package synaptic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing software-properties-gtk (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-terminal:
gnome-terminal depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.0); however:
Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
gnome-terminal depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-user-guide:
gnome-user-guide depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-user-guide (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-system-monitor:
gnome-system-monitor depends on scrollkeeper; however:
Package scrollkeeper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-system-monitor (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apturl:
apturl depends on synaptic; however:
Package synaptic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apturl (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector:
language-selector depends on synaptic; however:
Package synaptic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-share:
nautilus-share depends on nautilus (>= 2.10); however:
Package nautilus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-share (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-cd-burner:
nautilus-cd-burner depends on nautilus; however:
Package nautilus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nautilus-cd-burner (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-panel:
gnome-panel depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.2-3); however:
Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet.
gnome-panel depends on gnome-panel-data (>= 1:2.22); however:
Package gnome-panel-data is not configured yet.
gnome-panel depends on gnome-panel-data (<< 1:2.23); however:
Package gnome-panel-data is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-panel (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-app-install:
gnome-app-install depends on synaptic (>= 0.57.; however:
Package synaptic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-app-install (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fast-user-switch-applet:
fast-user-switch-applet depends on gnome-panel; however:
Package gnome-panel is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing fast-user-switch-applet (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of alacarte:
alacarte depends on gnome-panel; however:
Package gnome-panel is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing alacarte (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier:
update-notifier depends on update-manager; however:
Package update-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubufox:
ubufox depends on apturl (>= 0.1.2ubuntu1); however:
Package apturl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubufox (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
scrollkeeper
capplets-data
gedit
doc-base
nautilus-data
gnome-control-center
synaptic
bug-buddy
gucharmap
jockey-gtk
nautilus
gnome-applets-data
ubuntu-desktop
gnome-utils
gnome-panel-data
gthumb
zenity
ubuntu-docs
gnome-applets
update-manager
nautilus-sendto
software-properties-gtk
gnome-terminal
gnome-user-guide
gnome-system-monitor
apturl
language-selector
nautilus-share
nautilus-cd-burner
gnome-panel
gnome-app-install
fast-user-switch-applet
alacarte
update-notifier
ubufox

HELP NEEDED PLZ!!!

[zvacet]

sudo apt-get -f install

[ComputerExpertVK]

it just says

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

[ComputerExpertVK]

for some strange reason...
all of a sudden...
update manager and synaptic package manager are working!!!
i was going to try and use alternate install cd to reinstall ubuntu..
just as a burned the disc...
updates finally worked!!!