Questions tagged [update-manager]
Questions about the graphical interface update-manager, as opposed to the command line apt-get.
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What do I select for "GRUB install devices" after an update?
After running Update Manager, a debconf window (titled "Configuring grub-pc"), popped up, requiring me to select the appropriateGRUB install devices for my system. I've made no changes to grub or ...
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Problem with update-manager: No module named 'apt_pkg' in Ubuntu 13.10, having installed Python 3.4 on /usr/local/lib
I'm rather new to Ubuntu and I'm trying to run update-manager on Ubuntu 13.10. I get:
jacopo@jacopo-laptop:~$ update-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line ...
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How to disable the update manager popup?
I configured this:
Automatically check for updates: Never
But the update manager keeps poping up against my wishes, I have no control. I feel like I'm using Windows again.
I want to be able to ...
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Upgrade to the specific php 7.1/7.2 from php 7.0 in Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
How can I upgrade to php 7.1 from php 7.0 in ubuntu 16.04 ?
If I do a php -v I get this message:
PHP 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 (cli) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, ...
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"Require Installation Of Untrusted Packages" while upgrading with the update manager
It didn't fixed the error. So, how do I fix my GUI update?
For every software I have to install it from command line because I got same error when install software from Ubuntu Software Center.
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How do I fix a "Failed to download package files" error?
After I installed Ubuntu , I cannot update any software with the error message "failed to download package files". After having googled, I have tried:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
changed ...
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E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages
I am not sure what caused this error, but here is what the whole error says, and also this is sitting as a notification, and preventing me from updating any software using Update Manager - Please ...
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Why does apt-get not require restarts, where the update manager does?
Oftentimes I try to ‘beat’ the update manager by opening a console and entering the sequence
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
which, to the best of my knowledge, should update all packages ...
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Updated from 16.04 to 16.10; the keyboard and mouse no longer works after getting to the lock screen
So I just updated to 16.10 (just got 16.04 a few weeks ago, still new to Linux). The keyboard still works when I need to enter my password to unencrypt the lvm drive, but stops working (along with the ...
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Not enough space on /tmp
I'm not able to run update manager as I get an error saying that there is not enough free space in the /tmp directory. I've practically cleaned out the tmp directory but the error persists.
here's df-...
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Update Manager bug: Encountered a section with no Package: header [duplicate]
I tried to do an update to my system (12.04 LTA 64bit, on ACER aspire V5) got this:
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package ...
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Upgrade manager wants me to do a partial upgrade
So here is my story...
I was doing upgrades to ubuntu the other day, and the power went out right in the middle of the upgrade, so now when I try to do upgrades it keeps asking me if I want to do a ...
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sudo apt-get update failing - "could not open" list file due to "permission denied"
For the last week or more, running sudo apt-get update culminates in error:
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/dep11/Components-...
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Is using Software Updater the same thing as running apt-get update and apt-get upgrade?
It seems like this should be true but I wanted to make sure. Thanks!
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No facility exists in Update Manager to upgrade to a new version, why?
I am trying to upgrade to a new Ubuntu version but the update manager does not recognize an update. Why not?
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Update Ubuntu 14.04 to 15.04
Currently I have Ubuntu 14.04 in my laptop and now I want to update it to 15.04. I have Windows 8 and Kali Linux along with my Ubuntu. How should I update my Ubuntu to 15.04 without losing my other ...
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Software Updater - Not all updates can be installed
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When I try to update my system, i get the following error message:
Software Updater - Not all updates can be installed
I googled and some suggested to fix the broken ...
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the size of apt-get update lists is too big
This question contains circumventions for an bug in Ubuntu:
Bug #1001780 “apt-get update size is too big” : Bugs : Launchpad itself,
as well as some general advice on saving bandwidth when doing ...
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What is the command line equivalent for the update manager (Software Updater)?
When I do
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Sometimes the Ubuntu GUI Update Manager will still have some items left. e.g. “Complete Generic Linuux kernel”.
I know there's also sudo apt-get ...
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Is apt dist-upgrade not necessary anymore
Before Ubuntu 18.04 was available, I was using Ubuntu 16.04. And I was using sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to do the update and upgrade stuff.
With Ubuntu 18....
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How to turn off Software updater? (Xubuntu)
Is it possible to turn "Software updater" off? It pops up on startup every single time offering new (unwanted) updates. I have tried to set "don't check for updates" and all this kind of stuff in ...
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Why isn't Firefox 8.0 available as an update in the Update Manager?
So recently I've read that Firefox 8.0 is out, thought of updating, opened the Update Manager, refreshed the sources, but there was no uodate. Is there a particular reason for that?
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I am currently using 19.04 and I got "No new release found for 19.10"
As you can see in the image above, I tried to update to 19.10 and it says that
No new release found
I checked the /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades to see if the Prompt is LTS but it is still ...
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How can I update the development version Google Chrome?
I am running Ubuntu Maverick under VMWare on Windows to make sure the code I write works on various OSes and browsers. I don't use it as my primary operating system.
I can't figure out how to update ...
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How do I use apt-get to update to the latest kernel?
My current kernel is 3.2.0-26 (my main computer) while on another of my Ubuntu computers, with which I didn't fiddle with unofficial updates, it's 3.2.0-30. Yet the Update manager on my main computer ...
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What happens if I accidentally leave an app running and click "Install Now" in Software Updater?
The Software Updater update-manager pops up and shows security updates for Firefox, for example. Naturally, I will click on "Install Now" to continue.
However, what happens if I still have Firefox ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 update manager error
Every time I attempt to perform a software update I get this error from the software manager:
W:GPG error: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial InRelease: The following signatures ...
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Why does the Update Manager say 'Check your internet connection'?
Every time Update Manager asks check your internet connection but my internet connection is just fine.
I've tried sudo apt-get update in terminal. Its working fine also.
Please advise me.
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Update Manager doesn't ask for a password
Oneiric update manager no longer asks for a password to update already installed software. This is a change in behavior from previous versions. Is there a way to revert this behavior and get the ...
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How upgrade Ubuntu 20.10 after its EOL?
I'm using Ubuntu 20.10 groovy for my Desktop. Unfortunately its end of life has exceed.
According to EOLUpgrade guide sources.list is becomes:
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ groovy main ...
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Upgrading Firefox fails. lzma error: compressed data is corrupt
Firefox fails to update due to corrupted download (deb)
Preparing to unpack .../firefox_32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking firefox (32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) over (31.0+build1-...
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How to only perform LTS upgrades?
I know I've seen this documented somewhere before, but what's the option to keep update-manager from prompting for updates except for LTS-to-LTS releases?
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How do I make Update Manager stop opening automatically?
Update Manager keeps opening automatically and it's getting very annoying, especially when I'm using Gnome Shell. How do I make it stop?
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Update Manager does not ask for password anymore [duplicate]
I have realized this behaviour recently. Before that each time the update manager poped up to tell me there are updates and I tell it to install them it will ask me for a password. But since recently ...
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Cant upgrade from ubuntu 23.04 to 23.10
In the update app if i open no version is said to be upgrade to the new version.
I have ubuntu 23.04.
I have all updates installed.
And in the definitions is set to upgrade to any version of ubuntu
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Why Does Software Updater Say No updates Available, but apt-get upgrade Shows updates available?
I normally use Software Updater to keep the system updated. However I occasionally will run apt-get upgrade from the terminal and I've notice there are times when Software Updater says there are no ...
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Is there a way to change what time the update manager checks for updates?
I see where to set the frequency ie weekly, daily, etc, but not how to set what time of day it checks.
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how to remove update repo that always fails
A week or so ago I tried to add a new package repo that supposedly had a package I wanted. Unfortunately, the information about it was out of date, and I found that it fails to connect to it each ...
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Software & Updates crashes and will not open
I am unable to open the Software & Updates configuration window in System Settings. The best I have been able to do to understand what is going on is the following output after opening System ...
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"Software Updater" & "Software & Updates" not working
I havent used my Ubuntu for quite a long time. Today, when I booted Ubuntu (14.04 LTS), the software updater and Software & Updates (from Settings) are not working.
The software updater's window ...
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Why does "Software Updater" say when performing updates that it is "updating snaps" when in reality it is not?
I always wonder why the Software Updater tool ("update-manager") does say "Updating snaps" for a few seconds after performing package updates when actually it does not do such ...
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Update Manager got stuck (but not frozen) while installing downloaded updates. What should I do?
I have just gotten my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS desktop computer reassembled after a trip back home and connected it to my parent's wireless Internet connection. The connection seems quite shaky (disconnects ...
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Software updater doesn't display Ubuntu 14.04
I have the weirdest problem. Software Updater will occasionally not display in Unity on 14.04. If I manually start Software Updater everything works fine, but if there are updates and the window (...
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Problem with apt-get update on Ubuntu 20.04 lts
When I type in the sudo apt-get update I get this output
Hit:1 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease
Get:3 ...
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how to fix update problem on ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
While update I have got error like this
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured
multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/...
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How to switch APT mirror from the commandline?
Let's assume that we are using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver).
I know GUI ways to switch currently used APT mirror.
User should open Software & Updates (software-properties-gtk or software-...
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Ubuntu update stops while configuring mysql-server-5.7
When I update my Ubuntu sofwares and applications using Software Updater in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, the update stops while Configuring mysql-server-5.7(when the downloaded updates are being installed). And ...
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Is apt full-upgrade safe?
I tend to obsessively want to upgrade everything I can, so I run the Software Updater GUI tool and also sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade and blindly install everything. It seems the ...
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How to turn off Software Updater pop up notification?
Ubuntu 18.04. Every time I run an apt-get upgrade cycle, a "Software Updater" GUI will pop up when it's done. It doesn't seem to add anything to the process and is annoying, so I want it ...
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