actually the computer responded to 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'
when I typed it in the terminal after receiving message 'E: dpkg was
interrupted, youmust manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the
problem'. This error message was followed by 'E: _cache-open() failed, please
report'. I
Thank you for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report and
we are closing it. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it
would make more sense to raise your question in the support tracker.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu
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http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9799734/Dependencies.txt
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http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9799735/ProcMaps.txt
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http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9799736/ProcStatus.txt
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