I just tried opening Synaptic, got this error
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E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
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running the command listed results in the following
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name@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for name:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 31249:
EOF after field name `'
name@ubuntu:~$
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I just tried opening Synaptic, got this error ------- ------ ------- ------
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E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
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running the command listed results in the following ------- ------ dpkg/status' near line 31249: ------- ------
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name@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for name:
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/
EOF after field name `'
name@ubuntu:~$
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