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Extreme switching off, or how my Kernel and Updating sistem got troubles
I was surfing the internet and updating my Ubuntu simultaneously.
But Ubuntu SUDDENLY stopped give me any response.(mouse wasn't able to move, nothing except my notebook's cooler noise).
This ...
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sudo apt-get update does not work?
I'm running newly installed Ubuntu 12.04 in my computer.
After the commandsudo apt-get update, my terminal shows the following message:
Reading package lists... Done
After that, nothing happens. ...
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A “failed to fetch” error occurs when apt-get update is run. How do I fix this?
Contrary to the note above, I haven't found the answer to my problem.
I have read almost a dozen apt-get update questions, most from askubuntu.com, with "failed to fetch" errors and tried the ...
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How to update python from 2.7.3 to 2.7.4 on Ubuntu 12.04?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 with python 2.7.3 installed. How can I update the version of python to 2.7.4?
apt-get install python2.7
does not install anything new
apt-get update python2.7
does not ...
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Why after fresh Ubuntu 12.04 installation update aren't being installed?
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a computer. Everything is fine without update. Just after the installation, it was showing about 200 MB updates to download. Since then I'm trying to install all the ...
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Ubuntu Updates Cause PSOD On Startup
So, I was installing updates for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and went out bowling for a few hours. I came back, and some didn't install correctly, so they didn't install at all. Well, okay. I restart, and boot ...
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Ubuntu boots to a blank screen (12.04)
I was trying to set up an Android build environment for building CyanogenMod. This involved me installing a few packages via apt-get. After the installation I also updated some packages in Synaptic. I ...
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ubuntu 12.04 kernel upgrade 3.2.0-43 failed to install
I run 12.04 on my laptop, tried to upgrade from 3.2.0-41 to 3.2.0-43.
Got stuck at 62% with the cpu to 70% forever.
After like 30 minutes I quit the upgrade and retired with similar results.
Then I ...
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/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check returns wrong information; also affects motd
My question is related to Ubuntu tells me I have packages to upgrade when I don't, which pertains to Ubuntu 10.04. But my problem is with Ubuntu 12.04.2LTS (and the solutions mentioned for 10.04 ...
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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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I am unable update ubuntu 12.04
when I'm trying to update through terminal I'm getting the following error:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration ...
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I got stuck trying to update my Xubuntu
I'm stuck with this, tha not allows me to update my version of Ubuntu:
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header,
E:Problem with MergeList ...
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dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.5.0-28-generic
I have Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS installed on a server. After I run
apt-get update & apt-get upgrade & apt-get dist-upgrade
My kernel version has been changed to ...
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apt-get update error problem [duplicate]
Hello everytime I run sudo apt-get update I get the following error message. Any help would be great. Thanks.
colm@UBU:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Beta ...
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If i desinstall Vuze 4.3 and install current new i lost all torrent, downloadings and configurations?
I like to update azureus to current new version. In all post i have read they say i must desinstall azureus 4.3 and install current new. If i desinstall Vuze 4.3 and install current new i lost all ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 not usable after updating [duplicate]
Update Manager said there were updates so I applied them on or about April 25, 2013. During the process, the screen went blank. I thought it was just the screen saver, so I waited some time. When I ...
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System-V-like utilities won't install
The following pacages won't update in my ubuntu 12.04,I just upgraded it to 12.10 and all the updates installed,but these won't:
System-v-like utilities
The elementary widget set library
runtime ...
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how to load ubuntu 12.04 from grub after update on 04/26/13
Computer Details: Toshiba, natively runs Windows7 64-bit. I currently dual-boot Windows 7 / Linux and have a virtual hard drive of Windows 8 (rarely used)
Background: I have been using Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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Is possible to update from 12.04 to 13.04? [duplicate]
the only option update manager gives me is to update to 12.10
Do I have to update to 12.10 in order to get 13.04?
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How to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 (when 'Fetching the upgrade failed')? [duplicate]
I've been running an Ubuntu desktop for a couple of years. I regularly update the security and recommended updates via Upgrade Manager. However it seems I didn't have Upgrade Manager set up to tell me ...
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Ubuntu updated, now my Ubuntu will not boot
This is the second time I updated mu Ubuntu 12.04 and the result is when I turn my computer back on all seems to de doing well. Then I get the Ubuntu emblem right before the system would come up. ...
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Ubuntu update gone wrong [duplicate]
I tried to update to 12.10, but in the mist of installing, the entire computer froze, and not knowing about REISUB I forced quit my computer
Ever since, every time I updated, I was given a message ...
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Update of nagios3 in repository
When I installed nagios3 through apt-get on my ubuntu precise64 I found out there is out-of-date version 3.2.3.
The newest version is 3.5 right now.
I also checked that for newer versions of ubuntu ...
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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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error on update (sudo apt-get update)
i have this problem. what should I do? thanks
mohsen@mohsen-ThinkPad-R500:~$ sudo apt-get clean
mohsen@mohsen-ThinkPad-R500:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
...
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12.04 kernel updated, brightness contr
I did a system update yesterdy on Kubuntu 12.04 32 bit. Hardware is acer d270 with atom 2600/cedarview. Cedarview drivers installed through additional drivers and it worked before.
The brightness ...
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How to upgrade from 12.04 to 13.04? [duplicate]
All the threads I've found only lead me to upgrading to 12.10. Do I have to go to 12.10 and then update again to 13.04?
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What is the risk on not updating Ubuntu after installing it from a CD? [duplicate]
I have an Ubuntu 12.4 CD. If I install it to my computer, is it mandatory to install the updates it shows when I boot from it? What are the risk involved in not installing the updates? I will be using ...
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/usr/share/apport/apport-gpu-error-intel.py - Another case of this issue on 12.04 update
I am aware that this has already been reported in various places, I've searched using the forum and the 'similar questions' but I've not seen any solutions as of yet. Hopefully this question will aid ...
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Update postgresql with latest security update
PostgreSQL announced on the 4th of April a security update to its PostgreSQL server.
I really want to install that update. But if I run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade the update does ...
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How can I fix “The package system is broken”? [duplicate]
These are the updates:
-Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla firefox
-Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla- Unity menubar integration firefox-gobalmenu
-Safe and easy web browser from ...
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Graphic crash(?) after update (12.04) [closed]
After entering tty1 and logging in I typed in the command line startx.
On this picture it's saying "Failed to load session "Ubuntu":
Here is the result of the command (startx)]:
What could the ...
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Unable to update because of bind issue on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
How can I completly uninstall Bind 9 on Ubuntu. Its causing issues with keeping the server up to date as shown.
**root@cp11:~# apt-get upgrade**
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Problem with Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Amazon Ec2 update from cloud-images.ubuntu.com image [solved] [closed]
Created new Amazon Ec2 instance from http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/
Details:
eu-west-1
32-bit
ebs
micro
After command "apt-get update" or "aptitude update" message in SSH ...
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Error when updating Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
When I try to install updates for Ubuntu 12.04, an error window pops up when on Applying changes.
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Updates for Ubuntu 11.10
I recently upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS after but after noticing degraded performance and several bugs in 12.04. I downgraded back to 11.10 which now zips along quite fine as before, on ...
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Huge difference beetween 2 versions of ubuntu 12.04
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my laptop(now through updates i have 12.04.2) and I installed 12.04.2 LTS on my girlfriend's laptop and they have different kernels.
While mine has kernel version ...
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How to add a server to update servers in ubuntu?
my update server was configured to "ir.archive.ubuntu.com" and I downloaded ubuntu updates from it. now that server has been deleted from my update servers list! I don't know how. Is it possible to ...
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Why is Ubuntu 12.04 unstable and crashing due to issue with Intel Display driver after an update?
This happens after my update yesterday night. I restarted my system today and found unstable.
It was slower and I could not start chrome or firefox properly as it crashes and sends error report ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 freezes after update
I am working with Ubuntu 12.04 for a while now, constantly upgrading and afterwards cleaning with Ubuntu-Tweak's Janitor. Everthing went fine until about two weeks ago: then my computer constantly ...
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How does ubuntu update system work?
Can someone tell me if every major LTS update inherits the features from normal ubuntu version?Meaning 12.04.2 inherited features from 12.10 and future 12.04.3 will get the features from 13.04?Or ...
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Replicate update-manager at the terminal
I would have thought that the graphical update-manager could be reproduced from the terminal commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
yet I can run these ...
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Update Manager, Live USB 12.04 LTS (with persistence), Firefox
I am new to Ubuntu. I have a Live USB running 12.04 LTS. I also still have Firefox version 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 installed and want to upgrade to version 19.
I have searched a bit and my ...
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Why I get a message of outdated packages minutes after I have updated?
I have getting a yellow exclamation mark in the top panel on 12.04. It tells me I have updates that are outdated when I just updated a few minutes ago. How do you correct the updates?
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Non-PAE system updating to PAE kernels?
I just had an Ubuntu system of mine completely die on me after upgrading it and now I am confused.
Basically, it is an older machine (Intel P3, 512MB RAM, etc) that I use as a command line only test ...
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I can't update Ubuntu 12.04
Okay so my problem is, I tried to install Machinarium from a Humble Bundle. I downloaded the .deb and installed it using the Ubuntu Software Centre. Everything seemed to go fine until I got the alert ...
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Ubuntu LTS 12.04 has suddenly become very slow for me today
I am using 12.04 lts release for past 4 months and was fine with it, until just now the OS is unresponsive in all the applications(browser, opening of folders etc).
Then i read some of the related ...
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Ubuntu 12.04: Why does apt-get update fail? [duplicate]
I cannot install any packages for Ubuntu 12.04. Even after clearing files under:
/var/lib/dpkg/lists/partial/* /var/lib/dpkg/lists/*
/var/cache/apt/*
Changed the repository and tried apt-get clean ...
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ubuntu 12.04 update problem
my Ubuntu 12.04 update to 3.2.0-38 PAE had crashed and system would not boot to that version.
I booted from 'previous linux versions' (3.2.0-37)
then I tried 'sudo apt-get install -f' in terminal.
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Why does Update Manager dowload the full package as update?
Why does Update Manager download full packages which already installed? For example, when there is an update for Firefox or Virtualbox or any other software, the Update Manager shows that it's ...
