Can not install updates

[davisdusa]

An error occured
The following details are provided.
E: dpkg -- was interrupted. You must manually run
'dpkg --configure -a' to to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report

I receive the above mesage when attempting to install updates to UBUNTU 7.10

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 14:22:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel --sm-client-id default1
ProcCwd: /home/davisd
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux UBU 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[tjagoda (tjagoda)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gnome-panel.

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker.

From the error message that it presented, you should try to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" in the terminal to rectify your problem.

If that doesn't work, please reply with what the output of that command is.

Best!