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Questions about the graphical interface update-manager, as opposed to the command line apt-get.

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What is a partial upgrade and when is it necessary?

Sometimes when I am running a development version of Ubuntu, the Software Updater will tell me that a partial upgrade is needed when I check for updates. What is a partial upgrade, and why are they ...
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Does System Update also update the OS?

If I update my Ubuntu 12.04 through Update Manager, does it update to the Ubuntu 12.10?
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Cache Refresh Stuck At 100%

I've been trying to update my software to the latest version, but after I opened Software Updater, it shows Failed to download repository information. After that, I headed to Software & Updates. ...
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Effects on applications caused by security updates?

I want my Server to run unattended-upgrades regularly and keep my server auto updated and install only security updates. But I don't want to update the main versions of several packages. For Example:...
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How to reduce the size of apt-get update list on a Development Release once it has been released as Stable?

I have been using the development version of 13.04 since early March. In development release, the general behavior of running the sudo apt-get update command is to download the list files completely ...
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Ubuntu doesn't load after update from 12.04 to 12.10

I've updated Ubuntu from the Update Manager and after a proposed reboot it stopped loading and the computer hung up. What shall I do in this situation? It hangs up on the page listed in image below:
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12.04 apt-get update taking long time. How to speed up?

sudo apt-get update is taking long time for following sites: Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5,470 B] ...
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How to check for updates more often than daily?

I've been curious if there is a way to make it so that the Update Manager can check for updates say every few hours rather than daily. Now, I know that I can run sudo apt-get update to check, but it ...
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Unable to remove Pidgin software completely

I'm getting an error on the task bar each time I turn on my phone and used to ask me to check for updates. Here is the message on the task bar: The update information is updated.This maybe caused ...
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Update information is outdated

How can I fix my update problem. I am using Maverick 10.10 and update daily, however I get the warning triangle that tells me that the update information is outdated. After I perform an update it ...
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Software Updater is not working properly

Throughout all this process connection to the Internet was working properly. Every time I turned on my computer an error message popped saying "System program problem detected". I'm certain it is ...
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Why can't I upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 using Update Manager?

I'm aware of the How do I upgrade to the development release (aka. Ubuntu+1)? question and this is NOT a duplicate. On my laptop running Ubuntu 12.10, when running sudo update-manager -d, I'm getting ...
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Why can't Update Manager find any updates?

My update manager does not find any updates. It does not crash or anything, but no update for my ubuntu, except for the PPAs. At first I thought there really was no update out there, but now it has ...
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'adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-downloader' error while trying to install adobe-flashplugin

I'm having some hard time getting straight with my adobe flash plugin. $ sudo apt-get remove --purge adobe-flashplugin flashplugin* nspluginwrapper Reading package lists... Done Building dependency ...
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How to fix broken repository information?

I have the small red cross icon in my indicator applet, and upon hovering it says that An error occurred while checking for updates. Because of this, I can't edit the selected repositories through ...
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Why does the Ubuntu Software application think I am offline when I am online for all other applications and services?

I can update my system using apt and the Software Updater application on my Ubuntu 21.04 laptop. But I can not longer use the Ubuntu Software application. It keeps telling me "Go online to check ...
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Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 Lts does not upgrade, keeps showing error [closed]

The update from Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 LTS does not work it keeps showing me an error as could not calculate the upgrade, even when I want it to get updated from the terminal it says the same error. I ...
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"It has to install from unauthenticated sources" from software updater

I tried updating my 13.04 from software updater. I had about 202.9 MB to download. When I click "Install Now" and then a message came saying "It has to install from unauthenticated sources". I click ...
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Stop using Development Release of Ubuntu

Some time ago I updated my system to the development release of Ubuntu using these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/about-ubuntu/C/upgrade.html "If you would like to install and test the ...
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Software updater shows updates but not apt-get

This popped up: When I run apt-get in a terminal, however, I get: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ...
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Updater crashed while "waiting for configuration file prompt"

Updater asked about a configuration file change. I clicked to see the differences, but that operation crashed. Now I am left half-way through an update, with a box saying waiting for configuration ...
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How to know that an app uses which proxy settings

There are applications which don't work over proxy. Last time I tried Software Center did not work. update-manager also has issues connecting to proxy though there is a workaround. How do I find out ...
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How can I get Update Manager to Check & Notify for DAILY updates

In Software Sources, I have Update Manager set to check for updates DAILY. I also selected the setting to Notify but not to download or install updates. Considering my settings, Why do I not receive ...
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Can't get rid of ubuntu 22.04 notification: "Software Updates Installed"

Every time my computer boots up, I get this notification: Software updates installed My update cycle is set to every two weeks and I can't figure out how to tell the system, that I've noticed this ...
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Update Manager terminal output tiny after upgrade to 16.10

When I use the update manager to update packages after upgrading to 16.10, if I show details during the updates, the area of the window that displays the terminal output is so small I can only see one ...
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Firefox stuck in 6.0 and not updating. Apt-get says that its latest version

I'm having trouble updating Firefox, it does not update from the terminal and doesn't show up in the update manager. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. If I run apt-get install firefox it claims that the ...
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How can I export the "available software to download" to a file?

Sometimes Ubuntu will show a popup like this: (It looks weird because I'm using Regolith) How can I export the list of packages/changes Ubuntu wants to install to a file? This is for debugging ...
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Why is the update information outdated as of 2016-03-10 in Ubuntu 15.10?

I have an exclamation point saying "The update information is outdated" which has appeared today (2016-10-03), and when I ran the update manager I got an error message that it failed to download ...
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Update manager: "A problem occurred when checking for the updates"

As of a few days ago I have this red circle with a horizontal white line through it persist on the panel in the top right. When I mouse over it, it says "A problem occurred when checking for the ...
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How to Fix Broken Packages?

How do I fix broken packages when it is not working? When I try to fix broken packages, it tells me to "fix broken packages."
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update-manager stuck when trying to update to ubuntu 18.04

I am trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 and am at the point of preparing to upgrade, but it's stuck here. Running do-release-upgrade gets up to the line Updating repository information, ...
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Why do I get a blue screen after interrupting upgrade to 12.04 with a power-off?

I've turned off my laptop while the update manager was installing ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Now when I try to boot into ubuntu the screen is only in blue and I can do nothing execpt to turn it off. Is there ...
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Unable to locate package apt_pkg

I opened Ubuntu 16.04 after more than 2 months and now I receive an error to install any package (I tried to install redshift package(night mode)). ERROR E: Unable to locate package apt_pkg I tried ...
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How can I update Ubuntu if the update servers are blocked?

I connect to the Internet through my college wifi and for some weird reason they have blocked all Ubuntu updates, so I cannot update Ubuntu through the common "Update Manager" way. So I was wondering ...
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Reduce network utilization disable update manager and so on

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 on a connection that is limited to only 1 GB per month. Normally this should be enough for my use, but Ubuntu is eating up the bandwidth). One reason I think is the update ...
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Two Software Updater in 20.04

I have recently upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04. But I am able to see two 'Software Updater'. May i know why there are two Software Updater ? How to remove duplicate one ?
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Failed to download repository information with Google Chrome installed on Ubuntu 14.04 64bit since beginning of March 2016 [duplicate]

Starting March 2016, Software Updater displays "Failed to download repository information," and "Check your internet connection when attempting to update." What's causing it and how can I fix it so I ...
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I can't update, upgrade and remove my app from kubuntu

I have a problem upgrading software. I can't update, upgrade or remove my software. The notification of update manager signs 46 security packets and 83 other packets and when I click on it to install ...
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E: Repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'bionic-updates' to 'bionic-security'

I am running Ubuntu 18.04. I wanted to install node and npm on my machine. The apt repository version of node is 8.x, whereas I wanted to have version 12.x (Current LTS version). I followed the guide ...
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Nginx Suddenly Appeared

I've never heard of this happening, so I'm baffled and not sure where to begin debugging. I'm on 14.04 and have had LAMP installed (as instructed here) for 3-6 months. Today, my laptop rebooted, and ...
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I can't update my Ubuntu!

After upgrading to kernel 3.2.0-31-generic-pae, my Ubuntu machine is unable to take updates and shows some errors. Also, the update-notifier stays in my tray. I tried sudo apt-get install -f but it ...
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How can I resume an upgrade after denying it the first time?

Last evening i started the procedure to upgrade ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 while not being at home and with a slow connection. During the upgrade procedure ubuntu told me that the required time with my ...
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What happens if I install updates without checking for new updates first?

Let's say I open the Update Manager, and my package list is a couple of days old, or I do apt-get upgrade without doing an apt-get update first, what is the result of this? If there have been ...
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gpgkeys: key C927EBE00F1B0520 not found on keyserver [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I fix the GPG error “NO_PUBKEY”? I am using 10.04 LTS - Lucid Lynx. I shutdown the computer while a software update was running. Then after I restarted my computer and ...
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Is it there any advantage to unticking the "Source Code" entry of a repository?

Above is a screenshot showing an enabled PPA from the ayatana-scrollbar-team. There are two entries, one with a "(Source Code)" label and one without. If installing ubuntu on a computer where the ...
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Automatic updates paused due to metered connection

My laptop runs Ubuntu 20.04. I turned on my mobile hotspot and connect to it with my laptop's Wi-Fi to use the internet. Whenever I go to Ubuntu Software Center, this bar is always there: If I click ...
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Ubuntu checks just 5 links on sudo apt-get update

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS today and then enabled universe by: sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main universe restricted multiverse" After that I ...
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How to prevent a kiosk running Ubuntu 13.10 showing the update dialog popup window?

In my KIOSK i have Ubuntu 13.10. How to remove/suspend/blacklist/hide/disable completely from the Ubuntu 13.10 this following popup via command line? (even with GUI when i click settings and insert ...
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Update Manager failed to download repository, 401 error

I haven't used my Ubuntu install in about 2 months. I went on last night and first thing I did was update, but I got this message saying it failed to download the repository and to check my ...
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software-center update-manager both get segmentation fault

I am using Ubuntu 11.10. After upgrading, neither software-center nor update-manager would run. I get a segmentation fault when launched from the console. I can do sudo apt-get update without problem, ...
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