this displyed old problem again adept gives this message synaptic gives this message konsole gives this message help, i don't understand, or does Kubuntu always have problems updating
I have never had a problem with the update system. There's one thing I need to clear up for you regarding root privileges: su: Permanent root log in through terminal sudo: Temporary root log in for command line programs kdesu: Temporary root log in for graphical programs. For the command 'dpkg --configure', you would use 'sudo' because it's a command line program. You'd only use 'kdesu' to launch a graphical program like Kate, with root privileges As for your problem, try 'sudo dpkg -configure' (one line, not two) or 'dpkg --help'
