Public bug reported:
My Synaptic Package manage gives this error:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct
the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
I open Terminal to run the proposed dpkg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ root
bash: root: command not found
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd ..
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home$ cd ..
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$ cd root
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root$
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root$
Am the only one in this computer.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root$ apt-cache policy packagename
W: Unable to locate package packagename
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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synaptic package manager error in 8.04 (alpha 6)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202385
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