For Ubuntu Desktop 18:04 for update I use:
- sudo apt update
- sudo apt upgrade
But suddenly for the latter now arises:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem
So executing that command I got:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-18.04:
linux-generic-hwe-18.04 depends on linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04 (= 5.4.0.80.90~18.04.72); however:
Version of linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04 on system is 5.4.0.77.86~18.04.69.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-hwe-18.04 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-modules-5.4.0-80-generic (5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-image-5.4.0-80-generic (5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1) ...
I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-77-generic
I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-77-generic
I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-80-generic
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-80-generic
Setting up linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic (5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 (5.4.0.80.90~18.04.72) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.4.0-80-generic (5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.4.0-80-generic
...done.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-80-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-80-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-80-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-77-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-77-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-73-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-73-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-generic-hwe-18.04
So executing
- sudo apt update
- sudo apt upgrade
The second now fails with:
sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-generic-hwe-18.04 : Depends: linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04 (= 5.4.0.80.90~18.04.72) but 5.4.0.77.86~18.04.69 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
so
sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-5.4.0-73-generic linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-73 linux-image-5.4.0-73-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-73-generic
linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-73-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
linux-headers-5.4.0-80-generic linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-80
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-5.4.0-80-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-80
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/12.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 85.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 210068 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-80_5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-80 (5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1) over (5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1) ...
So
- sudo apt update
- sudo apt upgrade
All work fine
Question
- Why did the E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem message appear?
