• Registered: 2009-12-28
  • Posts: 5

Topic: SOLVED Help with gksudo synaptic and sudo dpkg --configure -a

Hi all

I'm impressed with crunchbang so far, but I'm having a little trouble using the synaptic package manager.

I am running it with the gksudo command but I get this error message. If I run it with out gksudo I don't have the privileges to install anything.

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

I'm newish to linux but have done a year of banging my head against the wall with mythbuntu.

I hope this makes sense and someone can help me out.

Cheers
Andrew

Last edited by a builder (2009-12-29 07:33:56)

  • From: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
  • Registered: 2009-09-13
  • Posts: 44

Re: SOLVED Help with gksudo synaptic and sudo dpkg --configure -a

That error occurs when an installation was corrupted/interrupted. Open a terminal and run sudo dpkg -- configure -a and you should be okay. Afterwards, you should be able to open synaptic with gksudo.

"They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart... "
-- The Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata)
  • Registered: 2009-12-28
  • Posts: 5

Re: SOLVED Help with gksudo synaptic and sudo dpkg --configure -a

Many thanks for the reply,

When I copy and paste         sudo dpkg --configure -a         into a terminal or the f2 run command window I just get this again.  I don't add any spaces just start the copy at s and finish at a.


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


Cheers

  • From: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
  • Registered: 2009-09-13
  • Posts: 44

Re: SOLVED Help with gksudo synaptic and sudo dpkg --configure -a

Maybe sudo apt-get -f install?

"They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart... "
-- The Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata)
  • Registered: 2009-12-28
  • Posts: 5

Re: SOLVED Help with gksudo synaptic and sudo dpkg --configure -a

Thanks for the help.
I couldn't get it to work so I installed crunchbag lite and it's all working fine.

  • Registered: 2010-06-06
  • Posts: 7

Re: SOLVED Help with gksudo synaptic and sudo dpkg --configure -a

Hey guys,

I'm having precisely the same issue. I've tried all the suggestions here but nothing is working.
'sudo dpkg --configure -a' always hangs at the line "run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms".
I'd really rather not do a fresh install. Do you have any other suggestions?

--Scarab

  • Registered: 2010-09-13
  • Posts: 1

Re: SOLVED Help with gksudo synaptic and sudo dpkg --configure -a

I was wondering why this thread was SOLVED, it didn't seem to be, more like abandoned. And the reason I came here was because I was having the same problem due to a corrupted download, so I was really hoping for an answer. I've seen the same problem in various forums and no working solutions, and I haven't used a linux installation for more than a couple of days, ever. Very frustrating.

So I just wanted to add, somewhat belatedly, that TRAILPUPS suggestion, sudo apt-get -f install, worked perfectly first time. I was then able to restart the download that wouldn't work because there was a half-stuck earlier version of the same package. Thanks a lot, and I hope others will come here and get your solution now.

I have absolutely no idea what I just did, of course, but heck, it works, so I'll go with the wind.

Last edited by sanjochris (2010-09-13 22:58:39)