questions about upgrading packages, systems or hardware.
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Is there a way to make Software Updater use apt-fast as a backend?
I've been using apt-fast in the command line for some time now and have enjoyed how it speeds upgrades by downloading packages in parallel.
It would be great if Software Updater could also gain the ...
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Upgrading Ubuntu server 11.04 to 12.04 with SSL certificates
I am trying to perform an upgrade of our webserver running Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 along with all it's software, apache and MYSQL.
The webserver has SSL certificates installed on it.
What would be the ...
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serious problem [duplicate]
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_universe_binary-i386_Packages,
E:The package lists or ...
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Wubi Ubuntu Upgrade [duplicate]
I'm fairly new to Linux and this is my only good computer. So I am asking this question just to be safe. Today when I started Ubuntu dual-booted with Windows Vista using Wubi it asked if i would like ...
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file browsing window crashes when attempting 'file->open' after upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04
After upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04, whenever I attempt to open a file from any application (firefox, thunderbird, vlc, etc..) besides gedit, the file browsing window doesn't display any files and is ...
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apt-get update fails to configure linux-image-3.2.0-43-generic
When I recently tried to use apt-get upgrade to install the most recent updates, the process failed while configuring linux-image-3.2.0-43-generic. I can not remove / purge the package, and can not ...
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I cant upgrade anything
I will give a bit of a back story to how I got this issue, The first issue I has was I have a full /boot disk and could not do anything. I moved some of the unused config files to another disk and ...
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upgrade percona-server package fails
This has been happening for a few weeks. Every other package upgrades without issue except this one, but I'm not sure what's causing this or how to debug it.
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package ...
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problems after i upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 on asus n10e mini
i had ubuntu 12.10 on my mini alongside (dual boot alongside windows bc i didnt know how to completely remove windows). i tried to upgrade to 13.04 and thought it didnt work because i got error ...
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1answer
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Trouble upgrading ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 LTS after upgrading from 10.04
So first I tried to upgrade from 10.04 to 11.10 and now I don't have access to the many features of ubuntu (since the upgrade did not complete successfully) so when I try to update the system with ...
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How to `apt-get dist-upgrade` an Asus EeePC 1005HA using Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Netbook Edition? [duplicate]
I have a Asus laptop with Ubuntu
Can I upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 without deleting everything. And without using an ISO.
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Does upgrading Ubuntu risk the loss of important data?
I currently use Ubuntu 10.04, and I want to upgrade it to version 12.04 (and then, maybe, to 13.04). I can do it via Upgrade Manager, but I'm worried that my important files (which are in the home ...
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dpkg error when installing linux
After running:
sudo apt-get -f install
or
sudo apt-get install linux
this error appears:
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: ...
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2answers
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Force upgrade 12.10 to 13.04
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed and until a few weeks back it used to remind me to do an upgrade to 13.04 but at that time I was not interested.
Now that I want to upgrade I don't know how to do that.I ...
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iPod Touch with Raring Ringtail?
My iPod Touch worked with Quesal Quantal. But when I upgraded to raring Rigtail My iPod Touch is recognized, but I can not read the files, and it no longer Syncs. I am using Rythymbox as my media ...
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1answer
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Hard drive location keeps changing after upgrade to 13.04
After I upgraded to 13.04 the hard drive media location keeps changing. These are installed hard drives not removable media. This issue does not seem to affect usability via the file managers ...
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1answer
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Upgrade Problem E: linux-image-2.6.32-47-generic: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on 64 bit lap-top,
Because of crashing problem I decided to upgrade to 12.04 LTS. But while I was using update manager to upgrade package it gives following error.
E: ...
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Compiz config setting change on upgrade
Helo, recently i have updated to 13.04, and the ccsm settings reverted my own config again. This is pain. why does it needs to reset my HUD keyword (i disable it as it shows up, when i don't want). is ...
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Ubuntu dependency problems after `do-release-upgrade`
I recently performed do-release-upgrade, and it appears to have broken some of my packages. I can't properly apt-get autoremove or apt-get upgrade any more.
$ sudo apt-get install -f
...
Errors ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 is much slower than 12.10 [closed]
I upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 and i have noticed that 13.04 is much slower when i open programs.
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1answer
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How to reinstall newest Linux Kernel?
Hello I upgraded all packages on my Ubuntu 13.04, and kernel also. But in upgrading process kernel upgrade failed, and I must always after grub load select older kernel. It is a terminal command to ...
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Will be something deleted if I upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04?
I want to upgrade to 13.04 but I dont know if something will be deleted ...
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Could not update ICEauthority file since upgrading
Since upgrading my laptop to Ubuntu 13.04, my login fails with the above message. I have tried:
sudo chown ls user:user /home/user
chmode 600 /home/user/.ICEauthority
What else can I try to fix ...
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Updating to Ubuntu Studio
I would like to install Ubuntu Studio on my computer which has currently a dual boot Ubuntu_13.04/Windows_7. Surfing in the internet I saw that it is possible to upgrade Ubuntu to Ubuntu Studio. The ...
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1answer
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Kubuntu freezes during update when trying to download adobe installer
I'm updating to the latest version of Kubuntu, three times running now it's made it to the part where it goes to down load the adobe plugin installer and it freezes. I waited for 3hrs and saw no ...
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ubunu 10.10 unable to upgrade to any latest version [duplicate]
Since Ubuntu 10.10 is now sent to stone age , i tried upgrading it to 11.04 but
sudo do-release-upgrade
gives
Hash Sum mismatch
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ...
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Having trouble updating ubuntu 8.10 to 9.4 [duplicate]
I need help updating Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.4 can anyone help me?
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Unable to locate package update-manager-core
Following the guide I found here I am trying to upgrade my Ubuntu version from 10.10 to 12.04.
As do-release-upgrade gave the error command not found I tried to install update-manager-core which ...
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I have upgraded from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 and have no taskbar [duplicate]
I upgraded my Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 last night, Dell 64bit PC, using the Software/Update Manager. The upgrade took a long time, but did not seem to have any problems. When I rebooted into Ubuntu ...
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1answer
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'sudo' command is broken
I updated an old centrino-notebook after Ubuntu 9.10 with 12.04 - now
sudo seem to be broken, because after sudo <whatever> I get the error message:
sudo: unable to initialize PAM: No such file ...
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Upgraded server to 13.04, still prompting me to do-release-upgrade [duplicate]
I completed an upgrade of my Ubuntu Server installation to 13.04 yesterday. However, upon login I am still being prompted to upgrade to 13.04:
Welcome to Ubuntu 13.04 (GNU/Linux 3.8.0-21-generic ...
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Can I upgrade to another desktop environment?
I'm currently running a Vanilla Ubuntu 12.04 LTS that had Unity replaced with with gnome-shell. What I'd like to do is to do a do-release-upgrade that will install a specific flavor of Ubuntu (GNOME ...
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Disk Drive / not ready yet or not available and no keyboard usb
It appears the window to upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 and i click continue. It gave several errors and after reboot appears this:
Disk Drive / not ready yet or not available
But i cannot press S ...
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How to upgrade to the latest patch set in Ubuntu 11.10 [duplicate]
I have a Ubuntu 11.10 machine and I want to upgrade the OS to the latest set of patched in 11.10 and I don't want a major version upgrade to 12.04. How do I acheive this?
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How do you reinstall wine after upgrading?
I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 13.04. After doing this, I get this error when trying to reinstall wine:E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? How ...
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Why is Ubuntu 13.04 asking me to upgrade? [duplicate]
I upgraded to 13.04 shortly after it came out. But this computer still prompts me to upgrade. Example:
Welcome to Ubuntu 13.04 (GNU/Linux 3.8.0-21-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: ...
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Lirc on upgrade to 13.04 freezes all daemons
I've been having some problems with daemons not running on boot since upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04 on my HTPC. I have narrowed the problem down to lirc. When lirc is installed and the system boots, ...
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Why can't I set group and ownership of one folder without afffecting the other?
I've upgraded an Ubuntu PC from 10.04 to 12.04.
Problem is all the permissions were wrong on the home folders.
So, I did the following:
sudo chown -R james:james /home/james/*
sudo chown -R ...
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Upgrading Nginx on Raring Ringtail
I have have added ppa:nginx/stable to my apt sources. And have done an update. But when i try to upgrade, it fails to upgrade. Here are the list of commands.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
...
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Can not boot after a terminated upgrade
I have moved my HDD with Ubuntu 12.04 to a new PC, but the wired LAN didn't worked, so I have booted the computer from a 13.04 USB stick to see if it is working there (it works), and started the ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not booting after upgrade from 12.10
This is duplicate post from here
After upgrading to 13.04, I was able to boot into ubuntu.
I made change a line in grub from
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
to
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Ubuntu 13.04 is not booting
I have upgraded today Ubunutu 12.04 Lts to 12.10 and then to 13.04.
After issue with brightness. I have followed serdotlinecho and added GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor" to grub config.
...
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This version of ntop is a minimally supported but OLDER version - please upgrade
ntop crashes:
root@dur:~#
root@dur:~#
root@dur:~# ntop
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 Initializing gdbm databases
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 ntop will be started as user nobody
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 ...
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Neverwinter Nights does not run in 13.04
I installed Neverwinter Nights on this very machine while running 12.10, following the instructions here. Since upgrading to 13.04, nwn hangs when I run it. This is a strace log file generated by my ...
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Upgraded to 13.04, mount.cifs returns “Invalid argument” -22 error
Just upgraded my Ubuntu Server to 13.04, and the existing and working fstab configuration for a cifs mount is failing with the generic -22 error (invalid argument):
12:38 PM wesley at wsrv cwd ~
$ ...
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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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Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 “Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal”
I am not able to upgrade to the latest version 13.04. The error is:
Failed to download repository information
Check your Internet connection.
Details
W:Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal ...
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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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Trying to download and install the Pinguy Os to another computer [closed]
I am currently downloading the 12.4 version of the pinguyos, i am going to burn the iso to a usb pen drive (as i have no discs) to go on a laptop, currently using a pc with windows 7 on it, what do i ...
