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Title: Superuser permission
Post by: pelouk on November 21, 2017, 06:46:00 AM

I'm trying to uninstall and reinstall Firefox in LL 2.8 using Synaptic Package Manager (SPM). I keep getting an error notice when trying to launch the SPM telling me that I need to make a report and run this terminal command.:-



E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.


When trying to run that, I'm told I need Superuser permission.  Help!!

Title: Re: Superuser permission
Post by: firenice03 on November 21, 2017, 07:30:38 AM

@pelouk


Run the command with sudo..  You'll be prompted for your password...

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

Title: Re: Superuser permission
Post by: pelouk on November 21, 2017, 09:15:09 AM

That did the job!  Many thanks.

Title: Re: Superuser permission
Post by: firenice03 on November 21, 2017, 10:21:49 AM

No worries - good to hear your all sorted  :D :D