sudo : Grants administrative privileges required to modify system software. dpkg : Invokes the Debian package manager utility.
– Regularly run sudo apt autoremove and sudo apt autoclean to remove old packages and free up space.
sudo apt upgrade
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.broken sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Your computer shuts down or loses power mid-update.
This completes the interrupted configuration phase by backing up old configuration files and running necessary installation scripts. sudo : Grants administrative privileges required to modify
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend sudo kill -9 <PID>
If you use Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, or any other Debian-based Linux distribution, you may have encountered a frustrating error message that reads: Use the apt package manager to fix these:
If dpkg --configure -a doesn't work, there may be broken dependencies that need to be resolved. Use the apt package manager to fix these: sudo apt install -f Use code with caution. (The -f stands for "fix-broken".) Solution 3: Re-updating the Package Lists