I am trying to update my Kubuntu but can not get the exclusive lock to open

tmountain · 10-10-2011, 03:10 PM

I am getting this message, E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. I do not know what to do with this. Can someone help me? I have 160 updates to install. Thanks for your help.

snowday · 10-10-2011, 03:14 PM

Open a Terminal and:

Code:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Copy & paste the output into your reply, good luck!

tmountain · 10-10-2011, 04:33 PM

Thank you for the information, I will give it a try.

tmountain · 10-10-2011, 04:53 PM

I gave it a try and something did happen in the terminal but I still can not upload the updates. Any other suggestions?

snowday · 10-10-2011, 04:54 PM

Copy & paste what the terminal told you.

tmountain · 10-10-2011, 05:00 PM

This is what I copied into the terminal. "sudo dpkg --configure -a" Did it tell me to copy something else. I did not see that. Sorry

tmountain · 10-10-2011, 05:12 PM

Okay, I had someone here tall me what to do about the last part. Thanks for your help.