ok. 2 different ways immediately spring to mind.
1st way.
Open a terminal window
Apps - Accessories - Terminal (as you know)
type in su
for super-user - this gives you 'root privileges'
enter the root password,
if you can't remember this use the 2nd way
now type in dpkg --configure -a
2nd way
Open a terminal window
Apps - Accessories - Terminal (as you know)
type in sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo cheats your way into running a command as
though you were the superuser, it turns a blind eye to
the fact that you arent. It's good for one-off commands
such as the one given. Also it means you don't need the
root password (at least not in Ubuntu but some other
distros would require it.)
enter your user password
I haven't got a clue what dpkg --configure -a did when i tested it on my
machine, i checked through which repositories it looks up but couldn't
see any change. I guess i should have looked first ;)
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