sudo su is not a good idea. It is dangerous to have root access to even an experienced user.
On Jan 15, 11:41 am, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote: > Also - try 'sudo su' and put your password in. When you have a hash > mark (#) at the end of the prompt, you're signed in as the root user. > Try running 'dpkg --configure -a' again from there. > > > > George wrote: > > I have been trying, without success, to install Googleearth. When I > > tried to start the Synaptic package manager in order to remove the > > Googleearth package previously installed I received the following > > error message: > > > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' > > to correct the problem. > > > E: _cache->open() failed, please report. > > > Anyone else dealt with this? Is there a procedure for submitting a bug > > report? > > > Thanks, George > > -- > There are 10 types of people > in this world - those that know > binary and those that don't!!! > ------------------------------------------ > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------ > OpenPGP Key ID: 8313BDCE > ------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
