can not install software in linux error as dpkg was interrupted

Question

I was trying to install mono using following commands,

1. sudo apt-get install mono-*

unfortunately, I closed the terminal while it instal

Answer 1

This error occurs when u stop the any installation in-between either using terminal or Ubuntu app center. This can be solved by removing the broken installation. To do so enter the following command in the terminal in the same order.

cd /var/lib/dpkg/updates
sudo rm *
sudo apt-get update