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When I use the software center to install something, I get the error:

An unhandlable error occured

There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks

on using the command line:

$sudo apt-get install <something>
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

I am unable to install anything. How do we fix this?

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Have you launched sudo dpkg --configure -a yet ? – warl0ck Apr 13 '12 at 2:49

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The error:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Implys that you need to try to run: 

sudo dpkg --configure -a

This should fix the problem.

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get dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process. I even tried killall apt-get. – yayu Apr 13 '12 at 3:00
Is anything else using APT?.. Synaptic, Software Center, Update Manager? – Uri Herrera Apr 13 '12 at 3:03
The program itself is called apt. You should look to see if you have it running anywhere else on the system as mentioned above. – philipballew Apr 13 '12 at 3:06
@yayu , You should kill the dpkg process instead of apt-get – warl0ck Apr 13 '12 at 8:11
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If i am not wrong.. you have some broken packages or some dpkg didnt configure properly in your package manager.

do one thing ... open synaptic from terminal with

$sudo synaptic

, then go to status and then broken packages. Right click on package that is broken. Click on Complete remove. Hope you will resolve it.

Or share your pu

dpkg --configure -a

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