Questions about the graphical interface update-manager, as opposed to the command line apt-get.
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Drivers Unresponsive, Only Ubuntu 8.04 can install [closed]
I tried to install through boot through disk, but the windows set-up says there's no hard drive. The new Ubuntu CDs I’ve made do not work. I can't update anything on old Ubuntu. This is all due to my ...
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Failed to download repository information(pidgin-developers ppa) [duplicate]
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How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
Got this error when i tried to check for updates from my update manager,its showing me about some updates but gives me this error
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Setting proxy works for Firefox but not the package manager [duplicate]
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How to use apt-get/synaptic behind a proxy?
I'm using Ubuntu version 11.04 I live in a university and we have to give our proxy userid to obtain any internet access.
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Why I got: Requires installation of untrusted packages [duplicate]
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Updates don't install because of “untrusted packages”
I got
"Requires installation of untrusted packages
The action would require the installation of ...
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Update-manager failing [duplicate]
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“Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update
When I try to start my update-manager, I get the following message.
An unresolvable problem ...
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Ubuntu Extras keyring error [duplicate]
Recently I got lots of GPG errors and tried the following methods at various stages:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3E5C1192
sudo apt-get install -reinstall ...
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Why does my computer say that there is an 11.10 upgrade?
I always use update-manager -d just so I remember that there is a space bar between manager and -d. I ran it today and it showed the bellow image.
Why does it do this or is there really an 11.10 ...
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ubuntu 12.10 not updating
I upgraded from ubuntu 12.04 to ubuntu 12.10. After this it is not updating . THe software updater gives the following error :
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Ubuntu Software update check size is unreasonably large
When I check for updates, I see that it is using my internet at full capacity (128Kb/s) for about 3 minutes. That is something like 25MB of data downloaded -- just to know if there are updates for my ...
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I updated to Ubuntu 11.04 and It broke my installation [closed]
I tried to update to Natty Narwhal with update-manager -d and then I followed through everything and then when I restarted everything broke. Told me to put in some code or something but then after I ...
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I can't check for updates [duplicate]
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How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
After I installed some updates I restarted my computer.
Some days later I wanted to check for updates because the ...
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Update Manager asking me to update kernel but apt-get upgrade does not?
Just what the title says. The update manager is also asking me to update to Ubuntu 12.10 even when I have the part unchecked that says "Check for new Ubuntu version updates" thing. Is there some way ...
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Unable to update Ubuntu 12.10
Once I tried to install Banshee on Ubuntu 12.10 and added that PPA. But somehow the installation failed due to internet failure. The problem is from then, when I try to update Ubuntu, update task ...
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How to resolve “dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-apport_2.0.1-0ubuntu9_all.deb”?
Update Manager will not update although I have over 100 updates to do I get a error message like this:
installArchives() failed:
Extracting templates from packages: 29%%
Extracting templates from ...
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Update manager shows x86 virtualization solution -kernel modules for DKMS
After I upgraded from ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. I see the "x86 virtualization solution -kernel modules for DKMS" update available in update manager. But it doesn't let me select or install it.
My ...
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What does the -d option do in update-manager?
When I'm updating my distro and I type in "update-manager -d" what does the "-d" do? Does it mean download?
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Is there an update manager for Kubuntu?
Is there a default Update Manager for Kubuntu? If there isn't can I install the Ubuntu Update Manager?
I know I can use
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
but sometimes I get ...
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Kernel update on a USB stick installation fails with grub-probe error
I'm diagnosing some hardware issues using a USB stick installation of Ubuntu 11.10.
The USB stick was set up with the 11.10 image and the pendrivelinux.com method as recommended from the Ubuntu ...
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Force Ubuntu to only download updates form canonical.com mirrors
How do I force a Ubuntu machine to only download updates from official canonical.com mirrors? Right now it sometimes downloads from non canonical mirrors, which get flagged in our network monitoring ...
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why is Ubuntu 12.10/12.04.1 adding unsupported updates by default?
after installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 and 12.10 respectively for over a few times, i noticed that within the Software Sources, by default, the Unsupported Updates (precise backports / quantal backports) are ...
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Upgrade 11.04 to 12.04
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04. My computer is no longer supported and my computer is now trying to get me to upgrade to 12.10. But I want to upgrade to 12.04. Can I upgrade to 12.04 using the update manager ...
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Not given the option to install 12.10 [duplicate]
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No facility exists in Update Manager (12.04) to upgrade to 12.10. Why?
I followed the guide on the website to upgrade distributions. I was not effective at doing this, ...
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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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Can I trust the updates offered in the Update Manager?
Is it wise to trust the system as far as accepting and installing updates that appear in the Update Manager? After I updated to kernel 3.4 it now reports about 850 updates at about 400mb, which would ...
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Between SynPackManager, Update Manager, and apt-get, which is the healthiest for my system?
I've been bouncing a lot between a few different update methods to see which I prefer the most, and I was wondering which of these is the 'healthiest' for the system, or what your preferred update ...
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Malformed line in the source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), dont let me use update manager
Here is the error hope i can get some help, i show you the update manager and the line of the error, if you need something else just ask for it.
update manager error prompt:
An unresolvable problem ...
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Software Updates reports wrong last check time [duplicate]
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Trouble downloading updates due to “Hash sum mismatch” error
Every time after I run Software Updates, and have installed all the updates, the Software ...
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Why is my package information seemingly not updating?
Are there no updates for anything or has something gone wrong on my computer?
As of recent, I have been getting a red warning triangle in my notification bar:
When I go to my update manager, it ...
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How to cancel Update Manager downloading flashplugin-installer?
Update Manger has frozen for about 60min when downloading flashplugin-installer.
And the Cancel button of Applying Changes dialog is disabled.
When I click the top-left x, it doesn't response.
How to ...
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update manager not detecting upgrade to 12.04
I am using ubuntu 11.10 and update manager is not showing the option to upgrade it to 12.04.
I have selected the 'Notify me of new Ubuntu version:' option to 'For any new version as suggested by some ...
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Update Manager downloaded updates but can't install them
I am using 11.10 and have some problems with Update manager.
When I opening Update manager it's saying that I have some updates to install.
When I press button Install Updates, Update manager ...
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Update Notification not appearing when an update is available
I have a laptop and a PC. On the laptop, whenever an update comes it tells me there is an update in two ways. The first one is a red alert/warning icon in the upper panel. The other one is the ...
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Does the Update Manager have a log? [duplicate]
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Where can I look up my update history?
If Update Manager has a log of updates installed, where can I find it? Alternatively, is there a list of these online somewhere?
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update manager fails to update - badsig errors displayed in synaptic [duplicate]
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What is the easiest way to resolve apt-get BADSIG GPG errors?
Update manager claiming that i did't check for updates but i do?
the system is telling me that i did not ...
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Update Manager failed with “the package catalog has broken” error
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 from a live DVD. Then went for updating through Update Manager. It downloaded everything. During installing them the update manager crashed. It showed the error message:
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How do I force apt-get to update the state of package versions?
I installed Natty Narwhal last night, and cam across a problem with update manager. I had initially instructed update manager to "Install updates", but the dialog that popped up stayed on "waiting..." ...
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Update Manager Error: Failed to fetch [duplicate]
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How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/gnome3-builds/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not ...
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How can I update 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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Why aren't there any updates showing up?
I tried everything, but Ubuntu simply doesn't show any updates. How do I resolve this?
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Auto-Invoke Update Manager to update everything and shutdown after system idle for x minutes?
I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on a machine for my parents. The thing is they never request updates from Update Manager even the manager itself prompted them so. Moreover, when they are done with ...
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system dont get updates
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I don't get any updates.
For more than two weeks, whenever I try to check for updates manually it doesn't show any updates in the update manager. Then I tried via terminal ...
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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 updates the kernel mod but not the nvidia client, how to get them to match?
12.04 update on 2012-12-22 updated the kernel to 3.2.0-35-generic and attempted to update nvidia driver to nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1 but did not.
Update on 2013-01-06 update manager ...
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Import error when running update manager
It seems like I am getting some error related to Python, but I am not sure why I am getting it. When I ran Software Updater (in 12.10) from unity, it didn't even fire up.
When I did this from the ...
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How to get Update-Notifications when using Gnome Fallback on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin?
one of my friends is using Gnome Fallback ( activated by installing gnome-panel ). Problem is that he does not get notifications about updates anymore. Well, we could set up automatic updates in the ...
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Update manager notifications not getting in Kubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 .
Generally in Ubuntu with Ubuntu-desktop i can get desktop notifications if any new updates are available for the system. But i am not getting such type of updates in KDE. Is ...
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How to uninstall unity webapps feature?
I think the servers were not working and that was the origin of the problem
I am running 12.04 and installed the Unity Webapps thing. I didn't like the result and want to uninstall it but... I can't. ...
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how do i know how much data has been downloaded by update-manager?
I got a pop-up from the update-manager that there are updates available for me to download and install.
I chose to install the updates.
The process of downloading the updates has been running since ...
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How can I tell the update dialog box from showing while I am doing some presentaion or etc?
Ubuntu 12.04 i am using, often without my command, it shows following:
How can i permanently stop/disable/kill this, using command line?
(every-time it pop-ups like i am showing my own ...
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Could not initialize the package information: error with thunderbird
I keep getting this error message when I try to use the update manager:
'E:The package thunderbird needs to be reinstalled, but i can't find an archive for it.'
This error has bugged my computer ...
