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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Ubuntu 22.04 shows "RETBleed: WARNING: Spectre v2 ..." message at startup
In many hosts through VirtualBox 6.1.38, for many Virtual Machines: Ubuntu Desktop/Servers was accomplished an upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04. The process was successful.
Now for all the Desktop ...
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Jammy upgrade to kinetic died leaving system in partial state, damaged boot; now software update, upgrade fail
I've run 22.04 LTS since it was available. In late May '23, 7mo ago, I'd done sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade to keep my system up to date.
The 22.10 kinetic release had apparently been made ...
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Force ubuntu 22.04.3 to use kernel 6.2 instead of 5.15 [duplicate]
I have two laptops showing
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
but one of them has
Linux ... 6.2.0-39-generic #40~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 16 10:53:04 UTC 2 x86_64 ...
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Upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 - one pkg is upgradeable but don't upgrade
I have an issue with one package.
sudo apt update
tells me that there is 1 upgradeable package. When listing it its:
libargon2-0/focal 0~20171227-0.2 amd64 N: There is one additional version. Please ...
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startx fails after upgrade
[ 261.695]
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 261.695] Current Operating System: Linux cylon4 6.2.0-39-generic #40~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 16 10:53:04 ...
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Cannot download MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
The repository cdrom://Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20210819) Focal Release does not have a release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is ...
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ZFS bpool is almost full; how can I free up space so I can keep updating my system without errors?
I am running Ubuntu with ZFS on root, and my bpool seems to be almost full.
Output of zpool list bpool:
NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CKPOINT EXPANDSZ FRAG CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT
bpool 1....
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After upgrading to 19.04 gnome-session fails to start
Upgraded from 18.10 to 19.04. On boot GDM starts normally, and after I enter my password it fails to start GNOME. It goes back to GDM
This is an Nvidia Optimus laptop. I ran Dingo from USB and ...
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does apt-mark hold prevent updates to package dependencies?
I have an old package on an old system, and I want to upgrade my OS.
Getting the specific package to work on newer systems might be possible, but I don't want to mess with it right now, I still want ...
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Cannot upgrade from Ubuntu 16.10 to 18.04 LTS
I am trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 16.10 to Ubuntu 18.04 and getting this error everytime:
An upgrade from 'yakkety' to 'bionic' is not supported with this tool.
How do I resolve this?
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Grub failed to install to /dev/md0 on Ubuntu 18 to 20 upgrade
I ran do-release-upgrade on an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server. It looked like the upgrade to 20.04 LTS was successful, but then at what I'm assuming is the end of the upgrade, I am presented with this ...
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Upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04 fails
I previously upgraded another system and had a few issues, but a simple sudo apt dist-upgrade continued the upgrade and solved that issue.
An upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04 for a second system fails with ...
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when I try to update "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade", an error related to rabbitmq comes out
Hit:1 ://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Get:2 ://ppa2.novemberain.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/deb/ubuntu jammy InRelease [5,185 B]
Hit:3 ://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy ...
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"Configuration file modified [...] What would you like to do about it ?" prompt does not allow me to continue while upgrading to 20.04
I got the following prompt when upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04:
Configuration file '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has ...
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FEATURE_C12 e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck!
during running
e2fsck -f -y -v -C 0
i obtained:
has unsupported feature(s): FEATURE_C12
e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck!
my os is Ubuntu 22.04, while the partition was created in (somewhere) ...
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Problems with upgrading from 23.04 to 23.10
I'm trying to upgrade from 23.04 to 23.10 right after upgrading from 22.04 LTS. During the upgrade, I get this error:
Could not calculate the upgrade
[...]
This was likely caused by:
* Unofficial ...
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How to fix apt update after to upgrade the mysql.list file? [duplicate]
After to did do an upgrade through VirtualBox for Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 to 22.04 - focal to jammy - at the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory exists the mysql.list file.
According with a research was ...
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failure to sudo apt upgrade: Errors were encountered while processing /linux-headers-6.2.0-36-generic [duplicate]
Very inexperienced with linux so this might just be a result of cascading user error but whenever I try to run sudo apt upgrade I repeatedly get these error messages. autoremove, autoclean, removing ...
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dist upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 and now gcc is broken
I've just done a dist upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04
gcc was installed before but now it no longer works
Command 'gcc' not found, but can be installed with:
apt install gcc
But this throws
Reading ...
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Reporting: I can't open settings in ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I am a regular user of Ubuntu. I recently moved on from Ubuntu 19 for 20.04 LTS, but after the upgrade the settings are not opening. Besides the settings, the display settings and change background ...
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At the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory: What does .distUpgrade really mean? [duplicate]
At the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory exists the following files
docker.list git-core-ubuntu-ppa-focal.list google-chrome.list
docker.list.distUpgrade git-core-ubuntu-ppa-...
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do-realease-update aborte due to insufficient space in /var/cache/apt/archives
I want to update from 20.04 to the next lts release with do-release-upgrade utility. But the process aborted with the following message:
Not enough free disk space
The upgrade has aborted. The ...
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How to upgrade PostgreSQL from 14 to 15 on Ubuntu 22.04?
I have Ubuntu 22.04. I currently have PostgreSQL 14.6. I want to upgrade PostgreSQL to 15. I tried running:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install postgresql
but I got the following message:
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Upgrade 20.04 to 22.04 - did not work
Eventually took the plunge and upgraded from 20.04 to 22.04, various reasons for holding off
because of development work.
So Started the upgrade off, all seemed to go well, but now I have
No Internet ...
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Ubuntu upgrade 23.04 to 23.10
I am trying to upgrade my Ubuntu but it's stuck on the "Setting new software channels" fetching file 116 of 149. I opened the main.log and it displayed that the cache can not be locked. &...
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How to Fix CVE-2023-2650- A Type Confusion Vulnerability in OpenSSL?
The error message you seeing is indicating that my system has not been updated to the latest version of OpenSSL, which includes a fix for the CVE-2023-2650 vulnerability. how To fix this:
Hit:1 http://...
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Ethernet Controller (Realtek r8125) not working with Kernel 5.15
I have a homeserver on which I ran Ubuntu 20.04 till today. The ASRock H570 motherboard has a Realtek Dragon RTL8125BG controller (aka r8125). With 20.04 I managed to get the controller running with ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.03 issue after system upgrade
Recently I upgraded the system using apt-get update and apt-get upgrade commands. After the latest upgrade (kernel version 6.2.0.36) Wifi, Ethernet, Bluetooth, audio, and touchpad have stopped working....
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Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading
try to use this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa
I run sudo do-release-upgrade
and it tells me Please install all available updates ...
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How to disable release upgrade notification at terminal/TTY login (not the GUI pop-up)?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on one of my old laptop. Each time I login through TTY or SSH it says:
Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.4.0-030400-generic i686)
* Documentation: https://help....
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Error while installing "linux-headers-5.4.0-33-generic" and "linux-image-5.4.0-33-generic"
Today I got ubuntu updates which also included linux kernal updates. So I did sudo apt-get upgrade to install them. Some packages were installed followed by this error.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
*...
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How to replace python3.10 with python3.12 in ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
I tried to install python3.12 from here. Then I wanted to switch the default python3 (3.10) to the newly installed and delete the old (3.10) one but it turns out, I can't get rid of the old version ...
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How to upgrade the repositories locations from focal to jammy? (apt update)
Through VirtualBox was installed long time ago Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 (focal) and was upgraded successfully to 22.04 jammy
Now, the reason of this post, when the sudo apt update command is executed ...
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unattended-upgrade on specific day?
I have a few clustered servers which I want to upgrade with unattended upgrades - but on different days of the week. Since I can loose multiple nodes in the cluster I want to ensure that one runs ...
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different APT messages for 'install' and 'autoremove' VS 'upgrade' [duplicate]
I had to make some upgrades and after that I got to puzzling situation - executing APT commands 'autoremove' or 'install' says that "3 not upgraded" (packages) but executing 'upgrade' says &...
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18.04 -> 22.04 upgrade
I did an upgrade of 18.04LTS -> 22.04LTS using the software updater. After rebooting the system does not boot proper. Below the output (manual re-entered from the other machine, so maybe a type)
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Why did "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem" appear?
For Ubuntu Desktop 18:04 for update I use:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
But suddenly for the latter now arises:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to ...
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Not able upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04
I run apt autoremove apt upgrade apt upgrade and get:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 ...
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Downloaded package won't unzip, installation is broken [duplicate]
Something is not well in Ubuntu land. This morning, when upgrading my media PC, "apt" kept segfaulting. After manually downloading and upgrading apt and libapt, I fixed that. I then did apt ...
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Mouse and Keyboard (over KVM switch) stopped working after Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I use Ubuntu over a Manhattan KVM switch (8-port HDMI) that worked perfectly with Ubuntu 18.04. I performed an update from 18.04 to 20.04 and my mouse and keyboard (connected over the KVM switch) ...
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What options do I have to upgrade an unsupported i386 version of Ubuntu to an operating system with newer packages?
I am trying to upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 21.04 (i386 architecture) on a Dell laptop in order to be able to install proton VPN.
Output message:
There will not be any further Ubuntu releases
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Raspberry Pi's message in Ubuntu: Pending Kernel Upgrade, kernel version 6.5.0-1007-raspi
For some reason Ubuntu won't upgrade my Pi to the latest/requested kernel, 6.5.0-1007. No amount of sudo apt upgrade or sudo apt fullupgrade will solve it. Did I mention sudo reboot? This pi got more ...
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Are user accounts preserved during upgrade?
I'd like to upgrade my ubuntu server from 18.04 LTS to eventually 22.04 LTS. I understand based on this post, I have to upgrade to 20.04 LTS first.
post:
18.04 -> 22.04 upgrade
I have some user ...
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Upgrade Ubuntu: What are the consequences of the decision hold old grub config or not?
Upgrade of Ubuntu to the currently most recent version: What are the consequences of the decision hold old grub config or not?
I have decided to hold the old grub config.
As a result, the Windows ...
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Can't start mysql after upgrade
OK this is driving me mad. Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS (on WSL)
I am assuming that it crashed, then upgraded mysql, and now it won't start:
2022-08-31T16:37:29.463168Z 1 [ERROR] [MY-012526] [InnoDB] Upgrade is ...
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On my Dell XPS 13 running Ubuntu Linux 22.04.3 LTS, I'm only seeing "Dummy Output" in my Sound devices, no Audio input or output
Title says it all. I tried everything suggested except a kernel upgrade (currently on 5.15.0-89-generic, according to uname -r) and anything related to alsa, since alsa is not installed on my laptop. ...
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Error while upgrading 23.04 -> 23.10
I am getting this message after running sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop
Calculating the changes
Calculating the changes
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while ...
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Some part of laptop screen is not working after upgrading the Ubuntu 23.10
Top right corner of screen is not working.
Unable to minimize, close the browser[Google chrome, firefox]
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Disk mount error after upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10
I have a computer with a 1TB internal drive which has always had Windows 10 running on it. Part of the disk is split into the C: and D: drives used by Windows. These have the names of Windows and ...
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Need flatpak 1.14.4 on Ubuntu 22.04, but apt installs flatpak 1.12.7 as latest
I want flatpak 1.14.4 for the resolution of this issue when attempting to run kmail on WSL Ubuntu. When I run sudo apt upgrade flatpak, it says that the latest version of flatpak is 1.12.7-1. flatpak ...
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