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Old 01-30-2010, 10:02 PM   #1
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manually running dpkg--configure-a'

E:dpkg was interrupted, it says manually run 'dpkg--configure-a' to correct the problem...I did and got no repsonse? Am I doing that right ???
 
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There need to be spaces
Code:
dpkg --configure -a
or
Code:
dpkg --configure --pending
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Old 01-31-2010, 01:28 AM   #3
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In Debian/Ubuntu you need to prepend that command with "sudo":

Code:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
 
  


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