Update Tool Crashed ubgrading from 7.10 to 8

[Clay Huml]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/kde-clayh/adept_updaternKVQkb.tmp-extract/dist-upgrade.py", line 60, in <module>
    app.run()
  File "/tmp/kde-clayh/adept_updaternKVQkb.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1585, in run
    self.fullUpgrade()
  File "/tmp/kde-clayh/adept_updaternKVQkb.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1463, in fullUpgrade
    if not self.prepare():
  File "/tmp/kde-clayh/adept_updaternKVQkb.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeController.py", line 352, in prepare
    self.openCache()
  File "/tmp/kde-clayh/adept_updaternKVQkb.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeController.py", line 215, in openCache
    self._view.getOpCacheProgress())
  File "/tmp/kde-clayh/adept_updaternKVQkb.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 51, in __init__
    raise CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted, e
CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted: E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Please open a terminal window and run:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
this will fix the problem.

I convert this to a question.