dpkg: error: unable to access dpkg status area: Read-only file system
Solution 1:
Try using:
sudo mount -o remount /dev/sda1
If sda1 is your hard disk.
Solution 2:
Try deleting the lock file i.e
/var/lib/dpkg/lock
and then run
dpkg --reconfigure -a
This error;
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
causes when software upgrade is interrupted.
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Solution 3:
try this
sudo mount / -o remount,rw
then run:
sudo dpkg --configure -a