[NTLUG:Discuss] Error in packsge managers

[Allen Meyers]

I trust it is challenges like this which with the user groups help molds one into a sustained user. It was a learning cure and I trust there will be others, but I will press on.
Thanks to all

Allen

Allen Meyers  chef11994 at sbcglobal.net
wortham_tx at yahoo.com
texas.chef at gmail.com     
   

     
 

--- On Sat, 10/11/08, William Jones <wljonespe at verizon.net> wrote:
From: William Jones <wljonespe at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Error in packsge managers
To: chef11994 at sbcglobal.net
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 2:20 PM



--- On Sat, 10/11/08, Allen Meyers <chef11994 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
From: Allen Meyers <chef11994 at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Error in packsge managers
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 7:58 AM

Was installing a game and power was cut off only instantly, but enough to cause
me a new compelling problem. Terminal or none of the package managers will allow
me to do anything until i 

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

So I went to terminal

allen at allen-laptop:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser
 privilege
allen at allen-laptop:~$

Do not have a clue about this superuser privilege. What must I do?
Please advise and thanks

Allen


Allen Meyers  chef11994 at sbcglobal.net
wortham_tx at yahoo.com
texas.chef at gmail.com     
   

     
 
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Allen,

You must be superuser to use this (and many other) commands.  
One way to do this is to use 'sudo', as already mentioned in
this thread.  This may require setting up sudo, per the manual
page.  Another is to use the 'su' command.  In any case, the
superuser (root) password will be required.  The root password 
should have been set during installation.  For *ubuntu (all the
many variations of Ubuntu), the user password is the root or 
superuser password.  It must be entered again when requested
(and again later if
 requested again).  Don't despair, just do
what it takes to get the desired result.

William L. Jones