On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 7:08 PM, L. Guruprasad <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Anwar, > > On Wednesday 22 January 2014 06:56 PM, anwar latiff wrote: > > hi > > > > iam using mint 15 oliva i coudnt update my system it is showing following > > error > > > > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' > > to correct the problem. > > > > E: _cache->open() failed, please report > > > > Anwat - Did you try entering the command as per the error instruction? > > Open Terminal (Konsole if you are on KDE) and type the command 'sudo > > dpkg --configure -a' and hit enter. It will prompt you for root > > password and once you enter you should be good. > > > > > > i have solved the as per mr .anand radha krishnan instruction > > Glad to see that you have solved the problem, but don't start a new > thread with a different subject for each of your emails. You could have > replied to Anand Radhakrishnan's email, quoting appropriately so that a > future search of the mailing list archives will have information in a > single thread and also people will know that your problem was solved. > > Also use the email quoting formatting provided by your email client > instead of copy pasting stuff which destroys the context on who said > what. For instance, the whole of the text I have quoted appears to be > said by you though it is not the case. > > Do read about posting styles and quoting before you send your next email > to the list. Feel free to ask if you have any questions or doubts and we > will be glad to help. > > Thanks & Regards, > Guruprasad > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > I have rather a question (dumb) - If Update Manager itself can recommend the solution - why cant system apply the fix automatically? Maybe am missing something and it is not a trivial implementation as it appears. Note - Mint Update manager starts with root privileges so sudo rights is not an issue. Any thoughts? Especially folks who have experience with packaging. https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/issues/22 >> Meanwhile have raised an issue here seeking clarity. I arbitrarily choose this thread instead of the other one ;-) -- Cheers, Anand Radhakrishnan When there is a drive, there is a path. [C:\>] _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
