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gtk2-engines:i386 breaks 12.10 dist-upgrade
My 12.04 LTS was working just fine and when i tried to upgrade to 12.10, I have 3 packages that failed to install gtk2-engines, libtool and python-gst0.10.
After the upgrade to 12.10 is completed ...
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Ubuntu open to black screen with blinking cursor after upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04
I upgraded my Ubuntu OS from 12.10 to 13.04 and after the process of upgrading it via Software Updater , it requested me to restart the computer .
I restarted and on boot I proceed to the Purple ...
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I can't see the “Something else” option while installing Ubuntu
few days ago, I was updating my ubuntu from 12.10, to 13.04, but unfortunately my PC did turn off with no reason (I actually had problems with that by lasted days, but it doesn't matter) and now, when ...
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How to install apt-get package manager [closed]
I am booting Ubuntu via VirtualBox. PostgreSQL 8.0 is already installed in the disk image I am using. Now I want to upgrade the PostgreSQL database to a higher version.
I tried using:
apt-get upgrade
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The installer gets stuck at “Restoring previously installed packeges” while reinstalling 11.10 [closed]
I had Ubuntu 12.04.02LTS, but due to some issues I had to go back to 11.10. Due to improper installation, I am again trying to upgrade 11.10 to 11.10 but the installer gets stuck at "Restoring ...
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Wrong Ubuntu version in the installer for Ubuntu 13.04
I'm trying to upgrade Ubuntu 13.04 from 12.04 (which I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04).
The problem is that when I'm running the installer, it displays "version 11.04"
(the other problem is that it ...
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Cannot get Ubuntu 13.04 to load
I tried the automatic update, and it quit less than half way though. Now 12 won't load without going through advanced options. I installed 13 on a separate partition, but from the loader, I get ...
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Will I have to reformat my disk that is running ubuntu 13.04 64bit after upgrading my Motherboard and CPU? details inside
Im currently running ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on a custom computer that consists of a asus a8n-sli deluxe mobo and a AMD athlon 64 FX-60 Dual Core processor x 2 with 4 gb ram. The OS works great and ...
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During installation of ubuntu 12.04, gets stuck on booting screen?, Also, unable to upgrade from ubuntu 10.10?
I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 from DVD disk (clean install). But it gets stuck on the loading/booting screen.
On pressing Esc, I get some errors as follows:
pwconv failed to change the mode of ...
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Upgrade/Update Intellij 12
My Intellij shows me that a minor version is available for upgrade. How do I go about upgrading the current version. Do i have to create a new folder in /usr/share and change all references to the new ...
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How can I upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 13.04 using minimal cd [duplicate]
I want to upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 from 11.10. I don't have a CPU that supports pae, and from what I uderstood, that means I have to use the minimal cd. I am running a dual boot with windows XP,and I ...
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I get error messages, when trying to upgrade Ubuntu [duplicate]
This is the error message that I get, when trying to upgrade.
W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Upgrading Wubi installation [duplicate]
As Wubi is no longer supported I can obviously no longer use it to install the latest version of Ubuntu, so here's my question.
Is it possible to install Ubuntu 12.04 using Wubi and then update it ...
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Ubuntu not booting after upgrade failed [from quantal to raring]
I am having a big time getting my laptop to boot again. I have launch the upgrade process yesterday before going to sleep and today upon waking up, I saw that the upgrade somehow failed to complete ...
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Upgrade abortion [duplicate]
I was upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04. I took more than what I thought it would and I was in a hurry so I turned my computer off. When I wanted to turn it on, it does not stop loading. I kept waiting ...
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Ubuntu upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 failed (interrupted) - cannot access Ubuntu
Ubuntu upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 -> failed (interrupted) and now I want to get my data back. Is there any way, without uninstalling the Wubi?
How it happened:
13.04 decides to download around 1 GB ...
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Do I need to fully update 12.10 before upgrading to 13.04? (Non-internet USB upgrade)
I'm wondering if I need to install all updates on 12.10 before I upgrade to 13.04. I'm not using the update manager to upgrade, but I'm using a USB stick instead. I've always liked the way that way of ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 suffers graphics corruption?
Ubuntu's dash turns green when I press the Super key after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04. I'm not sure what causes the problem, and I haven't found any similar problems.
I have ...
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Upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10 resulted in boot process sticking with “The disk drive for /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 is not ready or present”
I just performed an upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, and everything seemed to go as expected. As the upgrade was finishing I was asked to restart the computer, which I did. Once I restarted, however, the ...
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How do I install ubuntu over earlier ubuntu?
My upgrade manager is broken on 10.04. I have been stuck on 10.04. My upgrade manager won't fetch something that it needs to and fails to upgrade. I have put the install iso on a thumb drive and ...
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Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' doesn't work [duplicate]
What could I do to solve these problems? It happened when I canceled software upgrade on my Ubuntu Linux.
apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Offline upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 using the installation disk
I'm currently in the process of writing an upgrade guide for the French-speaking community, and I'm having some problems doing an offline upgrade.
What I'm trying to do is to upgrade an Ubuntu 12.10 ...
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Reinstalling for upgrading not working
In order to upgrade Ubuntu from 10.10 to 12.10 I didnt use the update manager but reinstalled it completely, since old ubuntu was having problems and I could not log in (had login loop). I had not ...
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Upgrade Installation confusion 12.04 to 12.10
I just tried to upgrade from 12.04LTS to 12.10...
I used the update manager and everything was going on well till my system froze up.
I had no option than to hard reboot and realized that I could not ...
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Newbie. Cannot upgrade to 12.04
I am trying to use Ubuntu over Windows XP on my home computer but have completely fubared it.
I first loaded an old disc I had of version 8.xxx. It loaded fine and seemed to be running well. I ran ...
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Error whilst upgrading to 13.04 Beta [closed]
i had problems upgrading, and i haven't restarted my computer yet to prevent any failures. Is this critical ones?
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-26-generic
Errors were ...
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Why unity-lens-shopping is not optional?
Why unity-lens-shopping is not optional at first login or on install process?
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How to install Texmaker 4.0.1 (released a few days ago)?
I'm new to LaTeX, but want to get started for real; settled for Texmaker; now checked the version (and changelog) and noticed a discrepancy between what I've got installed (3.4) and what's been ...
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Upgrade on ARM possible from microSD card?
I have an old nitrogen53 ARM board from Boundary Devices. It does not have a board support package. It has 2GB of on-board RAM and starts up u-boot from a small NAND flash area. It has a microSD ...
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How to remove 10.04 and install 12.10 in its place?
I have an AMD 64, 3.2Ghz, machine with Ubuntu 10.04 on it. 8Gb Ram, 1Tb sata HD, No internet access for any Ubuntu machines, or Windows machines for that matter. I've been running OS for almost 2 ...
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apt-get has a error [duplicate]
when I use:
sudo apt-get upgrade
I get this Error:
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or ...
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How to upgrade qBittorrent to the latest stable (upstream) version?
I currently have the 2.9.7 version of qBittorrent.
I want to upgrade to the latest version, 3.0.8.
sudo apt-get upgrade qbittorrent returns that the program is up-to-date:
Reading package lists... ...
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How can I Resolve dpkg dependency?
administrator@zlounes:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct ...
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system frozen during upgrade to 12.o4
I am asking this question on behalf of a user whose system has frozen during installation of upgrade files. I'm not sure which version was in use, perhaps 10?, but upgrade files downloaded OK and ...
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Cannot Upgrade my Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Upgrade Error. Now on Half-way between ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 HELP!
Lost power during upgrade, how do I recover?
I began to upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04, but someone ...
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Failed to fetch http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/krb5/libkrb5-3_1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3_i386.deb 403 Forbidden
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit with kernel 3.2.0-26-generic and GNOME 3.4.1.
when I run the upgrade manager, I get the option for partial upgrade and details show:
install (11)
remove (1)
upgrade ...
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How do I upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 to most recent version through virtual machine? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
Hello all I am fairly new to Ubuntu however I was not able to find an answer to this. I currently run ...
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Is it possible to perform a clean install without losing software RAID 5 data?
I have a machine running 12.10 (after upgrade from 12.04 which was a clean install).
It has 3 1TB drives running software RAID 5 (each drive has a main,and swap partition. 3x main partitions are ...
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Trying to upgrade [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while ...
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Error installing or upgrading packages
When I try to run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the error below.
I also get similar error when running sudo reconfigure postfix, which I relly need to run since outgoing e-mail is not working any more. ...
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do-release-upgrade failing to upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 (amd64)
I was using 11.10 fresh install then on terminal I typed
sudo do-release-upgrade
but it fails to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04
here is the log
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1534446/
Upgrading
apport ...
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how to close x server? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install latest NVIDIA drivers by hand?
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Thu Dec 13 21:28:38 2012
installer version: ...
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Why won't xattr PECL extension build on 12.10?
I was using the xattr pecl extension in 12.04 (in fact, I think since 10.04) without problem. Not surprisingly, I had to reinstall it after upgrading to 12.10 because of the new version of PHP.
But ...
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What is the risk of destroying working software by upgrading from natty narwhal to oneric ocelot? [closed]
I would like to know what happens with my good tuned system on natty narwhal when I upgrade to oneric-ocelot. I cannot find any threads in the forum which is very strange.
Thanks for your answers in ...
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Add Studio 12.04.1 Pakages To Ubuntu 12.04
Hello Friends I Have Installed Ubuntu 12.04(X64) In My Pc As Native OS
I Have A Ubuntu Studio 12.04.1 ISO(X64) File
It Is Possible To Add Packages Like GIMP And Bleander Or Other Softwares From Studio ...
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Broken package, libgcc1:amd64
when I go to synaptic, I get this error:
You have 1 broken package on your system!
Use the "Broken" filter to locate it.
then I go to Edit>Fix broken Package and I get this error:
...
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Problem installing packages
I can't install any package, as I get this error:
installArchives() failed: E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory
E: ...
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google-chrome causes failure in package upgrades
I am using 11.10 64 bit
and each time I reboot the machine I get to see an unusual pop up which says "An upgrade 12.04 is available" then it lists some of the packages installed on my system and asks ...
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What is the difference between upgrading and renewing?
In this page:
http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
They suddenly start talking about "renewing" an ubuntu installation, but without a single explanation as to what they mean nor how to do ...
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Will upgrading Windows 7 to 8 affect Ubuntu installation (dual-boot)?
I'm posting this question because I have the intention to update my Windows 7 (damaged installation) to Windows 8 but I don't know if this process may affect my Ubuntu 12.04 install. I have 220 GB ...
