Can't use adept or synaptic

impeteperry · 01-10-2007, 12:25 AM

I have been running Kubuntu 6.10 since it was released.

As of today, when I try to access adept I get a long "read only message". so I tried synaptic and got:

Quote:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

and when I try to do as indicated I get:

Quote:

pete@newCompaq:~$ su dpkg --configure -a
su: unrecognized option `--configure'
Usage: su [options] [login]

Options:
-c, --command COMMAND pass COMMAND to the invoked shell
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-, -l, --login make the shell a login shell
-m, -p,
--preserve-environment do not reset environment variables, and keep
the same shell
-s, --shell SHELL use SHELL instead of the default in passwd
pete@newCompaq:~$

I turned my computer off, unpluged it for a minute or so, repluged it and got the same messages.

I need help.
thanks

nitrousoxide82 · 01-10-2007, 01:09 AM

su is not the correct command to do this, it's sudo not su. su means "switch user", and as in, su username switches to user username. su with no argument switches to root (and may require a password). sudo command executes command as another user (root by default, may require password) -- and that's what you want to do there:

Code:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Hope this helps

impeteperry · 01-10-2007, 08:41 AM

Thanks, I've only been using Ubuntu/Kubuntu for a year or so. I just did not think. I just copied the message.

Thanks again.