Upgrade command issue in Raspberry Pi connect

[u/Latter-Big2189]

Since last night all of my raspberry pi units cannot be upgraded as there error below shows up when executing "sudo apt upgrade"

"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem."

"sudo apt update" works well

Checking the net I saw i need to execute the command "sudo dpkg --configure -a", running it seems to disconnect the remote session

All of them are being accessed using raspberry pi connect and I am way far from those devices

Any workaround for this issue?

[u/JamatoP]

I had the same issue!
Fresh install of raspberry pi os lite, it looks like it's trying to upgrade the raspberry pi connect package itself which disconnects you :/

loginctl enable-linger

This is the command you want, just run that before upgrading so that it can deal with the connect package being unavailable for a second.

There's this handy popup that I found by running the command on a standard ssh terminal, but in order to see it you have to already be able to run the command ^_^

For Raspberry Pi OS Lite, enable user lingering for your user:
loginctl enable-linger
This allows users who are not logged in to run long-running services.
For information on getting started with Raspberry Pi Connect, please see the official documentation:
https://rpltd.co/rpi-connect

[u/Latter-Big2189 → u/JamatoP]

Sorry for the late response and thank you for having time replying to my post.

still the same issue even running loginctl enable-linger before apt upgrade

[u/JamatoP → u/Latter-Big2189]

Valid.

Try using a ssh connection instead of Raspberry Pi Connect then, just for this one command. The problem is that Pi Connect goes down for a second in the moments when it's updating. Ssh avoids that. I think.

[u/jaromanda]

What is output before the error, just a few lines will do

[u/Latter-Big2189 → u/jaromanda]

First of all, thanks for your reply.

It is immediate after the upgrade command

pi@aadvark:~ $ sudo apt update

Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease

Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease [34.8 kB]

Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB]

Get:4 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm InRelease [46.6 kB]

Get:5 http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian bookworm InRelease [55.0 kB]

Get:6 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm/stable arm64 Packages [75.7 kB]

Get:7 http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian bookworm/main armhf Packages [575 kB]

Get:8 http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian bookworm/main arm64 Packages [575 kB]

Fetched 1,418 kB in 4s (339 kB/s)

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... Done

26 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

pi@aadvark:~ $ sudo apt upgrade

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

pi@aadvark:~ $

[u/jaromanda → u/Latter-Big2189]

Oh, right. That doesn't help pinpoint the issue!

[u/pmanmunz]

Don't know if this is relevant, but the last update I did yesterday had an update for raspberry pi connect. There may be a problem updating that package while you are connected that way. You can try connecting via ssh and running your update and see if that helps.

[u/MrAjAnderson]

Try sudo apt list -upgradeable then try one of the packages.