Questions tagged [upgrade]
A software upgrade is the process of replacing an older version of one or more programs to a newer version. Use this tag for questions about upgrading individual packages, or the entire operating system to a later release.
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In-Place Upgrade with Netbox
Is it possible to do a inplace upgrade of Ubuntu 18.4 LTS to the latest 22.04 with netbox installation? This is the first time i am doing the in place upgrade and i want to be sure that netbox and its ...
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Issues with apt upgrade [duplicate]
I'm running the following command: sudo apt upgrade
And the following error pops up:
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly ...
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do-release-upgrade from 18.04 aborting [duplicate]
main.log
2024-03-01 14:10:09,360 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg.bionic', '/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d/ubuntu-advantage-upgrades.cfg']'
2024-03-01 14:10:09,360 INFO uname ...
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How can I restore my system after a failed install of held-back packages?
I just installed a few held back packages (all were mesa:386 dependent). However, afterwards, tons of system and application packages have been removed.
There is no x-server anymore, and no WM, no ...
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How to fix KDE NEON User Edition errors and update to Plasma 6 [closed]
Yesterday KDE team released KDE 6.0.0 and added it to User Edition of KDE NEON. I'm using it like year or so and want to hop to this shiny new release. But have a problem with apt full-update, even if ...
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Ubuntu CVE status interpretation, is the package really released?
I would like to take this CVE as an example:
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12020
In case of gnupg2 it says it is released for jammy. First of all, what is released means exactly?
I have found ...
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Unable to Perform Upgrade [duplicate]
I am running into a strange error that is circular in nature. I just went to run a routine sudo apt upgrade and encountered the following error:
> Reading package lists... Done Building dependency
&...
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I cannot update my Ubuntu 22.04 server
I get ..
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have ...
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How to upgrade 20.04 enough to do a release-upgrade
I'm trying options to bring an old-ish Xubuntu 20.04LTS up to 22.04. This thing has had some problems that made me very wary of problems along the way, so I did a dry run just now.
Installed 20.04 ...
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How to find specific old point-releases of Xubuntu (or any other flavor, I would imagine)
I have a machine that had been ignored for a while, then had some catastrophe (I'm guessing I caused it, but I'm not sure) and it won't boot -- it gets a kernel panic. The backups were already stale ...
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How to revive an os after end-of-life
I've got a machine with Xubuntu 20.04.2, which I didn't use for a while and now it is about a year past its end-of-life. It is heavily configured, so I'd like to update/upgrade it to a recent Xubuntu....
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How can I upgrade a package to a specific version? [duplicate]
I know how to install a specific version of a package. Now I want to upgrade all packages of my system with:
sudo apt upgrade
But for a specific package, I do not want it to upgrade to the latest ...
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sudo upgrade evdi.ko.zst freeze at install
I did run sudo apt update, and afterwards sudo apt upgrade.
Normally, this is all fine but it got stuck for ages. I cancelled the process.
I tried to do it again but the terminal tells me to run
sudo ...
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Can't update Xubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa (LTS) to the next LTS release (22.04 Jammy)
The do-release-upgrade(8) program says I need to install all updates before it can go to work
I have done what I can (all as root):
apt-get --quiet --assume-yes update
apt-get --quiet --assume-...
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On upgrade to manic minotaur 23.10, python threading deamon not working
I upgraded Ubuntu from 23.04 to 23.10
Release 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 6.5.0-17-generic x86_64
Python3 version 3.11.6
Since upgrading, any python programs using threading with ...
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Intel ARC intel-i915-dkms dpkg error upgrading to HWE kernel 6.5
Whenever I try to install something, it returns this error:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic; ...
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How to solve dpkg error based on geany-plugin-addons
Error that I got from the upgrading step:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
loading files list file for package 'geany-plugin-addons': cannot read /var/lib/dpkg/info/geany-plugin-addons.list ...
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How can I safely rollback specific upgrades?
I am currently dealing with gpu crashes which I believe have been caused by a bunch of packages that were upgraded this morning on my machine. Here's the history.log entries for this morning.
I am new ...
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Unmet dependencies after Ubuntu 20.04 -> 22.0.4 upgrade
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04LTS. After the upgrade, however, I have problems with apt-get upgrade, since many upgrades are kept back. Here is the full list:
base-files cpp language-pack-...
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I accidentally installed phased update for gjs. How to revert?
~ ❯ apt-cache policy gjs
gjs:
Installed: 1.72.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Candidate: 1.72.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Version table:
*** 1.72.4-0ubuntu0.22....
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Ubuntu 23.10 DisplayLink driver issue after upgrade from 22.04
I've upgraded from Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.10 and the display links on my docking stations don't work anymore. I have a Dell D3100 and a D-link DUB-M810 and the issue is the same with both.
I reinstalled ...
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GTK2 applications broken after upgrade to 22.04
After I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 the rendering of GTK2 applications (e.g. GIMP & Chromium) is totally broken. GTK3 applications on the other hand are working fine.
This is gtk-demofrom gtk2.0-...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Unattended Upgrades: apt hook usage, for command execution after successful updates
I looked at the commands executed after a successful update, in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d:
# cat 15update-stamp
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/...
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22.04.1 to 22.04.3 or kernel upgrade? [duplicate]
I installed initially 22.04.1 (in 2022), and did all updates.
But, the kernel is still 5.15.0-94 while 22.04.3 comes with kernel 6.2...
And lsb_release -a says
No LSB modules are available.
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apt update && apt upgrade gives lock error on Ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
I have typed the following command:
$ apt update && apt upgrade
I am getting the error:
Reading package lists... Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: ...
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Error during apt upgrade for NodeJS
I encounter this problem while trying to sudo apt upgrade my system:
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_18.17.1-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (18.17.1-deb-1nodesource1) over (12.22.9~...
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Update KDE Plasma on kUbuntu 22.04
Is there any way to upgrade KDE Plasma from 5.24 to 5.27 on kUbuntu 22.04 (without upgrading to kUbuntu 23)?
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Unmet dependencies and broken packages error while I tried to upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
sudo apt upgrade showing following error
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc-bin : Depends: libc6 (< ...
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dpkg took too long [duplicate]
i was running "sudo apt upgrade" but it was failed cus the vm turn off, so i tried to run upgrade again and it says i should run "sudo dpkg --configure -a", so i tried it didnt ...
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Does using upgrade nvidia-driver present the danger of updating to an unsupported driver?
I need to upgrade my nvidia-driver in my two ubuntu machines.
I am thinking of using
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade nvidia-driver
but I also know there is the option of searching for a driver in ...
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Boot problem after ugrading Ubuntu 22.04
I am hoping someone may be able to help. I am having a problem booting after upgrading from Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.10
The OS I was upgrading was installed on nvme0n1 but I also had a second copy of Ubuntu ...
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How to resolve ZFS userspace tools and kernel module mismatch caused by HWE automatic updates
I am on Ubuntu LTS 20.04 with kernel version 5.15.0-91-generic. I find that my ZFS user utils are version 0.8.3 and my ZFS kernel module is 2.1.5. As I understand it, not only is it risky having the ...
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linux-generic version does not match with uname -r
I have a question with linux-generic.
I installed linux-generic, but it did not match with kernel which was installed on my pc.
When I checked linux-generic version using dpkg -l, it showed 5.15.0.92....
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Kernel 6.7.2 issues
this is mine first time compile a kernel and I have this error
make[3]: *** No hay ninguna regla para construir el objetivo 'debian/canonical-certs.pem', necesario para 'certs/x509_certificate_list'. ...
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Will 23.04 to 24.04 need 23.10 in between? [duplicate]
I'm running 23.04 and recently got the popup saying there will be no more security updates. Since the long term 24.04 is just a couple of months away my plan was just to wait for 24.04, since every ...
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problems with reboot after upgrade
when Ubuntu reboots itself after an update ( unattended-upgrades) or when I send the reboot command manually, sometimes it happens that instead of rebooting, the server shuts down.
How can I solve the ...
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Cannot upgrade from 23.04 to 23.10 due to kept back nvidia packages [duplicate]
The GUI just finishes when I press the "Upgrade..." button. Very impolitely. I then tried the command line and got:
$ sudo apt upgrade
(...)
The following packages have been kept back:
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scanner problem
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 20.4 to 22.4 LTS and lost the HP Icon and the printer still works OK but trying to use the "Document Scanner" program, nothing works.
When trying to Uninstall ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 VPS not showing the actual disk size
I just bought a VPS Linux Ubuntu 20.04 which uses NVMe and storage which is said to be 80GB, I tried running apt update && apt full-upgrade -y and everything works normally, I intend to ...
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Preventing Ubuntu upgrade to switch the storage driver from Overlay2 to aufs for docker container
I am upgrading an old server which is running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 22.04.3 LTS, going first from 18.04 to 20.04 and then to 22.04 LTS.
The old server with 18.04 has some docker container that uses the ...
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Upgraded to 22.04 from 20.04 Now Ethernet Doesn't Work
I put off upgrading to avoid exactly these kinds of problems. I found a temporary work around that lets me get online for that session, but I have to do it every time.
It's entering this command:
echo ...
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How do I update when I get this in terminal?
How do I update when I get this message?
'''base-files/jammy-updates 12ubuntu4.5 amd64 [upgradable from: 12ubuntu4.4]
gjs/jammy-updates 1.72.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.72.0-1]
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sata drive not updating to current kernel. nvme drive has 3 choices for kernel
my computer has a sata drive sda that it boots from but the system runs on a nvme drive which is selected by the grub on the sata.
the nvme is regularly updated and I watch the logwatch files for any ...
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How does delta update using debdelta-upgrade work?
A part of message after sudo apt-get upgrade:
190 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 830 MB of archives.
After this operation, 12.0 MB of additional disk space ...
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Extension to Ubuntu Pro
Translated:
To install the latest update I need Ubuntu Pro. Under "Your subscriptions" it tells me: "Free Personal Token - Machines 5 - Created 16 Jan 2024 - Expires Never".
Update ...
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Ubuntu server lts 22.04.3 errors && warnings while trying to download samba [duplicate]
When I try to download samba with sudo apt-get install samba I always get the same errors:
I'm very knew to ubuntu and I am following a tutorial to try and make a home server: https://youtu.be/...
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WIFI keeps disconnecting on 22.04.3 LTS after "apt upgrade" from 6.2.0-39-generic to 6.5.0-14-generic
Before apt upgrade, uname -a => 6.2.0-39-generic. Actual result - wifi stable
After apt upgrade, uname -a => 6.5.0-14-generic. Actual result - wifi keeps dropping
Other details:
Ubuntu 22.04.3 ...
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Cannot resolve hostnames on ping after upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04
I have recently upgraded a server running 18.04 to 20.04. The in-place upgrade seemed to go fine and installed without a hiccup, however the end goal is to upgrade to 22.04 and when I went to go run ...
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Physical side key volume button stopped working after upgrading to Ubuntu 23.04
After upgrading to 23.04, the physical volume buttons on the side panel of the HP EliteBook stopped working. Though audio, volume increase/decrease works fine with Fn + F6/F7 buttons are not ...
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Raspberry Pi 5 as Ubuntu Server 23.10 or 24.04?
I have at the moment an Raspberry Pi 4 (RasPi4) with Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 running stable as Web-Server and DNS-Server.
Working great but because of better performance I want to switch to Raspberry Pi ...
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