[SOLVED] dpkg is broken

[tlabone]

Running Linux Mint 18.3, and the Update Manager was interrupted. When I started it back up it gave this error:

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E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E:_cache -> open() failed, please report.

I tried to do as requested and got this:

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thomas@Alvin ~ $ sudo dpkg - configure -a
[sudo] password for thomas: 
dpkg: error: need an action option

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !

I don't know what this trying to tell me. What do I do now? Any advice?

[gm10]

Copy & paste this into a terminal (you had mis-typed it):

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

[tlabone]

I typed it wrong 5 times in a row [insert sad face here]. Thanks! That fixed it.

[JerryF]

You don't need to type it in at all.

If you click on the "SELECT ALL" that's above the code someone give you, you can then right-click on it and select copy.

Then in Terminal, right-click and paste.