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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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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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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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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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12.04 unattended-upgrades package has lock on /var/lib/dpkg/lock (cannot sudo apt-get update due to lock) [duplicate]
Calling the sudo apt-get update fails to complete. Fails with:
Fetched 2,212 kB in 13s (162 kB/s)
E: ...
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How to install apt-get package manager [closed]
I am booting Ubuntu via VirtualBox. PostgreSQL 8.0 is already installed in the disk image I am using. Now I want to upgrade the PostgreSQL database to a higher version.
I tried using:
apt-get upgrade
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How can I upgrade while having unmet dependencies?
I just install a package that has these unmet dependencies:
Depends: sun-java5-jre but it is not installable or
sun-java6-jre but it is not installable or
openjdk-6-jre ...
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Should I update the Ubuntu release name for PPAs?
Does it matter that I have files like webupd8team-jupiter-precise.list in my /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder if I'm using raring? Should I update the sources inside to say raring instead of precise or ...
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Software Center / Update Manager / software sources not working [duplicate]
I am unable to upgrade to Uubuntu 13.04
When I run Update Manager, this message appears
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header,
E:Problem with MergeList ...
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After 12.04 to 12.10 upgrade (64bit), xorg held back and unable to install wine
After upgrading to quantal, I wanted to install wine. However, attempting to do so results in apt wanting to remove all kinds of important packages:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 upgrade issue
Before the upgrade (Ubuntu web server) was run, I had run apt-get auto-remove. Upgrade went forward and failed. Currently not able to connect to it. sudo networkmanager says:
command not found
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Upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 failed, now neither Software Center nor Software Updater will open
The update to 13.04 was offered, I accepted but it failed. Now neither Software Centre nor Updater will open. SC opens for a second then closes; Updater tells me:
Failed to load the package list
This ...
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Release upgrade notification after upgrade completed
I've upgraded my ubuntu server to the 13.04 release. Unfortunately during the upgrade process I lost the connection to the server and the server hasn't completed correctly the upgrade to this release.
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No updates after release?
I installed 13.04 some weeks ago (before release). I did sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade on a daily basis and obtained a lot of updates/bugfixes etc. In the last couple of days, nothing ...
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Upgrade release - with fallback options, or do it virtually
So then the 13.04 release came along. Unfortunately I have only have trouble by earlier
upgrades and always ended up in a FUBAR and consequently reinstalling entire system. Would like to avoid that ...
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Upgrading to Ringtail 13.04 broke some APT repositories?
When I run sudo apt-get update on Ringtail, I get this:
Err http://overviewer.org debian/./ amd64 Packages
404 NOT FOUND [IP: 208.69.124.224 80]
and
Err http://overviewer.org debian/./ i386 ...
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Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' doesn't work [duplicate]
What could I do to solve these problems? It happened when I canceled software upgrade on my Ubuntu Linux.
apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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apt-get upgrade failing due to dependency issue
I am running 12.04 LTS on a ASUS custom build server. I apologize in advance as my skills are a bit rusty in linux as I spend more time working with networking gear these days.
I am running sudo ...
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Why does apt warn about wrong sources.list entry or malformed line for cdrom URI? [duplicate]
I tried to upgrade to 12.10 from 11.04 and got this error:
W:Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release amd64 (20110427.1)/dists/natty/Release Unable to find expected entry ...
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Unmet dependencies: not configured yet
linux-image-server depends on linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic; however:
Package linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic is not installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-server (--configure):
dependency ...
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Find source of Partial Upgrade dialog in 12.10
I'm running Xubuntu 12.10 and started getting the "Partial Upgrade" dialog from Software Updater a few weeks ago. I did some reading, and from what I understand, this can solve itself within a short ...
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do-release-upgrade (12.04-12.10) fails with fatal error (can't start sshd??)
I have a 12.04 server (running on amazon aws). I want to upgrade it to 12.10.
The command do-release-upgrade warns me that since I am connecting over ssh (I have no choice in this), a separate sshd ...
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Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) when I upgrade
Setting up mono-runtime (2.4.4~svn151842-1ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up libmono-system2.0-cil (2.4.4~svn151842-1ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up libmono-posix2.0-cil (2.4.4~svn151842-1ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing ...
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upgrade has a problem
when I use:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
I get this:
Setting up rsyslog (5.8.6-1ubuntu9.1) ...
dpkg: error processing rsyslog (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned ...
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apt-get has a error [duplicate]
when I use:
sudo apt-get upgrade
I get this Error:
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or ...
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Failed Kernel install results in apt and dpkg failure due to dependencies and configuration issues
I have seen some similar questions but none that I have seen have resolved my issue. An error occured durring a kernel upgrade on Ubuntu 12.04 from linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic to ...
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bad downloaded packages? linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic-pae' is missing final newline
I'm having some trouble updating my software. It seems like the new packages have been downloaded but one package is giving me some trouble
This is the output I get when I try to upgrade my software ...
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Dependency problems while updating Ubuntu 12.10
I have the following error while trying to update my system:
user# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly ...
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Unmet dependencies: linux-generic
Today I went over to my grandma because she had some problems with her computer, running Xubuntu 12.04LTS. After fixing 'the problem' (Firefox was set fullscreen..) I ran the usual apt-get update ...
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Can I specify packages to be upgraded?
Can I choose which packages I want to upgrade with apt?
Using apt-get upgrade upgrades all packages, not just some of them.
Using apt-get install package doesn't upgrade some by me required packages ...
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version of updated package
I'm running apt-get upgrade and see list of available packages which could be upgraded. Some of them without any version, how can I figure out what package version apt want to install here?
For ...
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How can I Resolve dpkg dependency?
administrator@zlounes:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct ...
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Grub fails to update, apt ignores hold on package
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
It's also an EC2 Instance
$ apt-mark showhold
grub-pc
Today I've ran apt-get upgrade and ...
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I ran “apt-get dist upgrade” and now can't log in [closed]
I ran sudo apt-get dist upgrade. Apparently everything went well except that when it was done, in the terminal said there was an error. I didn't mind about it and shut system down. When I turn ...
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Upgrading package “tzdata” wants me to remove 221(!) packages 12.04 LTS
I had a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. After a month or so i updated the packages (apt-get upgrade -y). All packages suceed except for tzdata. This one has been kept pack.
As i tried to ...
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How does updating the kernel affect custom modules?
I am curious as to what happens when you run
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
if you have custom kernel modules installed.
Are there hooks to reinstall your custom module? Are ...
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cannot reinstall skype after manually removing its “held back” package
I am running 12.04 (precise) Ubuntu on my computer, which I keep it up to date. Recently skype started being listed as a "kept back" package whenever I ran a software update.
Stupidly I uninstalled ...
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Error installing or upgrading packages
When I try to run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the error below.
I also get similar error when running sudo reconfigure postfix, which I relly need to run since outgoing e-mail is not working any more. ...
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squid-deb-proxy on client side unable to get packages from the server
I am having 2 laptops on one of them I did a do-release-upgrade
and it took near about 10 hours to upgrade to 12.04
now I want to upgrade second laptop also so I used following thread
Best way to ...
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using the downloaded upgrade packages from one laptop to another [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?
I have upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 (amd64) to 12.04 (amd64) on one of the laptops I have,
I have another ...
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How to fix Duplicate sources.list entry [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find and delete duplicated sources list entries?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and while running sudo apt-get update having this issue :-
W: Duplicate sources.list ...
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How can I stop unattended-upgrades from rebooting the machine?
I just had a look at my Amazon EC2 instance and noticed I had 20 minutes exactly of downtime. I didn't know what caused it so I logged in to SSH and tried upgrading my packages, and saw that the ...
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How to install Canon LBP2900 printer in ubuntu 12.10
Sir.. I have recently upgraded to ubuntu 12.10. I recently bought Canon LBP2900 printer. Unfortunately I tried to install it ..there is no use. Please tell me how to install it and work with it.
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I cant upgrade the Ubuntu distro version from terminal
When I enter sudo apt-get upgrade command in terminal, it finds some files to upgrade but not the Ubuntu new release. Any ideas?
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E:sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
I'm doing an upgrade with sudo apt-get upgrade
After I press Enter:
do you want to continue [y/n]? y
dedconf: apt-extracttemplates failed:No such file or directory
extracting templates from ...
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How to manually restart services affected by apt upgrades?
How can I issue apt upgrades without automatically stopping/starting daemons? I'd like to manually restart services.
To cite a specific example:
I'll revisit a long-running machine and run sudo ...
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interrupted upgrade
I was running ubuntu 11.10 without major flaws and somewhat adapted to my taste and decided to give upgrading another shot. Somehow I do so every couple of years and every time I face reinstall. This ...
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Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
After upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04 I am trying to install different packages.
For instance ia32-libs and skype (4.0).
When trying to install these, I am getting the 'Unable to correct problems, you ...
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install previous package version
I recently updated to firefox 17 during a system upgrade.
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade.
How do I revert back to a previous package version? I'd like to get back to firefox ...
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broke during upgrade; what command do I use?
during the upgrade to 12:10 it froze and i had to reboot.
What do I do to reset apt and reinstall the broken things?
