How to manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'?

Question

I was trying to remove Adobe flash player and then install again but terminated the process. Later when I tried to repeat, it doesn't allow me to sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer.

I get this message:

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

How do I resolve this?

Answer 1

Open a terminal window and enter

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Note the results, and post here if problems recur and you can't afterwards run

sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer