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[Question #77977]: gnome-terminal can't run dpkg --configure -a refuse to grant superuser privilege and cache->open()failed

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From: Chris Coulson <question77977@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:47:15 -0000
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New question #77977 on gnome-terminal in ubuntu:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/77977

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

inary package hint: gnome-terminal

Evertime I try to install updates or download any application off the ubuntu applications menu this thing pops up and says an error occured. When I try to type 'dpkg --configure -a' or 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' in a terminal it doesn't help. I'm using 8.04. version of ubuntu.every time i try to run dpkg terminal says i need to have superuser priviledge to do that

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

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