Handling dpkg messages in your SSH Logs

Sometimes server commands might fail and when examining your SSH logs you will see a message similar to the following:

dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'

To resolve this you need to log into your server with ssh.

Once logged in you can run the command shown in the logs:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

This will usually give you a prompt asking you to make a decision. One example of such a prompt is:

Usually you want to accept the default but if you have any questions just contact our support team and we’ll help you get the issue resolved.