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 18.04 with linux-tools-5.3.0-40-generic and with linux-modules-5.3.0-42-generic not starting
About one month ago, or even more time, I downloaded the latest ubuntu 18.04 upgrade (which installed kernel version 5.3.0-40). Since then when I tried to select Ubuntu from my GRUB menu, it wouldn't ...
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updating kernel failed and initramfs errors [closed]
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not ...
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System does not boot after recent kernel upgrade
I did an apt-get dist-upgrade that installed a new kernel today.
Now my ASUS UX330U does not boot anymore. Fan, power LED and Caps Lock are on but screen is dark and there is nothing I can do anymore....
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The following packages have unmet dependencies: libfcgi-bin
I tried to install "qgis" and "qgis server", but I failed to do so and I think certain packages got conflicted with ones I already have on my system.
Now I can't upgrade through "sudo apt-get upgrade"...
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Removal of OEM dkms modules after upgrading DELL vostro 3583
I have bought a DELL Vosro 3583 with ubuntu 18.10 installed. I promptly upgraded to 19.10.
The upgrade went smoothly and everything was working fine till I saw that the kernel, still being used, was ...
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sudo apt upgrade fails after "dpkg-statoverride: warning: no override present"
I recently updated from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 using the terminal (do-upgrade-release). After the installation is complete, when I try sudo apt upgrade, I get the following warnings which eventually ...
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Need to Upgrade 18.04 to 19.10 [duplicate]
I have tried to upgrade 18.04 to 19.10 using command lines but there is one issue it's showing me is that:
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
I have also tried ...
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Issues with Ubuntu 18.04 linux-firmware package
I have several Ubuntu 18.04 severs which are stuck on the following:
Setting up linux-firmware (1.173.16) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-88-generic
The simulation of ...
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Update from old Kubuntu 18.10 to Kubuntu 19.10
Hej,
I would like to upgrade from Kubuntu 18.10 to the newest version (currently 19.10) but can't find a way.
sudo do-release-upgrade
leads to
An upgrade from 'cosmic' to 'eoan' is not ...
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Unable to upgrade pip
I am new to Linux and Ubuntu.
I was trying to upgrade pip but ran into this...
$ sudo pip install --upgrade pip
Cannot fetch index base URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/
Downloading/unpacking pip ...
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Unable to install Mongo due to held broken packages
If I try to install mongo on Ubuntu 14.04 with:
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
I get the error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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How to upgrade from python 2.7 to the latest version of python
I have python 2.7.15+ installed and I want to upgrade to the latest version 3.7. I have come across the command from net
sudo apt-get install python 3.3.3
But this command adds another software ...
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What is the difference between Gnome Compiz Flashback and Gnome Metacity Flashback?
I upgrade ubuntu 13.10 from the development branch (alpha version or beta version) and after that at login user only two options are available. here I am attaching an image of gnome metacity
Gnome ...
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Update available via software updater but not apt-get dist-upgrade
Software Updater reports that I should upgrade from 19.04 to 19.10. However when I run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" I get "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and ...
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MySql uncomplated Upgrade Error
I faced showed bellow error every apt upgrade. An mysql server frequently down. I try backup my database with mysqlpump, this backup not contain tables values. Only table construct. How can I fix this ...
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sudo apt upgrade executes but has no effect on kernel. (Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 7, Ubuntu 18.04)
EDIT 2: After nearly 3 days of troubleshooting and reinstalling Ubuntu I am close to giving up and sending my laptop back. If anyone is looking to buy a new laptop and wants to run Ubuntu on it I ...
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Ubuntu fails to boot after upgrade from 18.04 to 19.1
Yesterday I upgraded my Ubuntu 18.04 installation to 19.10 (configuration is a dual-boot with Windows 10). The upgrade concluded successfully and I used the computer for several hours without any ...
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Will an Ubuntu "daily build" version automatically become a fully functional stable version when it's officialy released? [duplicate]
The next Ubuntu stable version will be available within less than 2 months. But I want to install the "daily build" of this next version today. If I just keep doing the basic apt update & apt ...
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Mdadm blocks apt-get upgrade
So
Mdadm seems to cause an error when trying to upgrade packages.
apt-get upgrade results in:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating ...
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Upgrade from disco to eaon - 4 packages can be upgraded, but not possible to update
Im trying to upgrade to 19.10 from my 19.04 which is EOL.
# apt update
4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
apt list --upgradable
libgl1-mesa-dri/bionic-security 19.2....
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chrome text rendering busted after some unknown set of upgrades
I restarted my computer for the first time in several months and discovered that chrome's text rendering is totally busted in a few circumstances. (As in, the text is just not there. Mostly it's there,...
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Upgraded to Ubuntu 19.10, cannot boot anymore, boot repair log attached
I updated my Ubuntu to 19.10 and now my system boots only to BusyBox/initramfs command line. I have my root and also boot partition encrypted, and I guess some entries to mount these partitions got ...
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Upgrade R package on ec2 instance
The version of R is 3.4 and want to upgrade it to 3.6. Then I have followed the these steps:
sudo /bin/bash
and I just went to root.
Then remove the r-base core:
# apt-get remove r-base-core
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Automatic update
I want to set up an Ubuntu laptop for a person with 0 experience of linux and who does not want to learn more than just use a few programs (replacement for Windows for an older family member; she ...
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Ubuntu 16.0.4 has Apache 2.4.18 in the cache but 2.4.29 is the latest release. Is it necessary to get latest version?
Step 1) Checked the version of Ubuntu with lsb_release -a. My server has 16.04.3 LTS.
Step 2) Installed Apache with apt-get install apache2.
Step 3) Checked the version of Apache with apache2 -v. ...
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How do I upgrade my Ubuntu server from one LTS version to another? Is this safe?
I like to keep all my servers running only the most stable versions of any operating system, so obviously I only run the LTS versions of Ubuntu.
I currently have a few servers running Ubuntu server ...
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gpu-manager error
I have upgrading Ubuntu Server from 16.04 to 18.04 but after first restart, the GUI doesn't start correctly, running under VMWare Workstation 15.5. Looking in the system log file, I see this error:
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will upgrading ubuntu to 16.04 change my ruby version?
Will upgrading ubuntu version from 14.04 to 16 upgrade my ruby version 1.9.3 to its latest? I don't mind keeping multiple versions but it shouldn't delete the old one.
These are the upgrade steps I ...
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Xenial repositories changed to Bionic after failed upgrade (system nearly broken)
I ran do-release-upgrade and before it started downloading pressed Ctrl+C. When I ran the command again it mentioned:
Please install all available updates for your release before
upgrading.
I ...
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19.10: After apt upgrade and restart, sound fails
Not even ALSA's aplay is working right, it seems there are no soundcards (though this is a laptop), alsamixer won't open, pulse only has dummy outputs, and I'm worried now. I have a feeling that http:/...
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How do I find out what is happening during an upgrade [duplicate]
I was running 17.04 on my really ancient 256Mb PIII. I use it mainly for reading pdf docs while I'm programming on other machines. Since 2 years ago, it has been coming up with a software upgrade ...
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(solved) Generating URIs with --print-uris for the "upgrade" command with apt-get
I follow the guide AptGet/Offline/PrintUris.
Everything works using the command:
apt-get --print-uris --yes install mypackage...
But it doesn't works for the command:
sudo apt-get --print-uris ...
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Upgrade from MaaS 2.6.2 to MaaS 2.7
There seems like a lot of fixes and also network tests in 2.7 that I would like to take advantage of. I see the Snap install for 2.7 but I'm trying to understand the upgrade path. I don't want to ...
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Login error while updating from 19.04 to 19.10
I was upgrading Ubuntu from 19.04 to 1910, I reckon it was on stage updating softwares. Anyhow, when I come back the screen is black but I see the cursor, I click around and the login screen appears, ...
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Why do i get this error message while trying to run sudo apt-get update [duplicate]
I want to upgrade my python version 2.7 on ubuntu 14.04 to 3.7
If i run sudo apt-get update, a lot of error message will be displayed.
i had tried a lot of of suggestions but none work.
Can someone ...
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Unable to install Latest generic kernel for 18.04
When I am trying to upgrade Latest generic kernel for 18.04 because I was having issues with Ubuntu freezing while I am doing my development works, when lot of tabs open etc. So i found a solution in ...
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LibreOffice Writer opens on top of document
Just got done upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS from 12.04 LTS on two computers. One is a System 76 the other was an Apple min mac that I completely converted to Ubuntu, I can stand OS X and or Apple.
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Is unattended-upgrades performing dist-upgrade on Ubuntu LTS 18.04?
I noticed the following line in unattended-upgrades.log file (on my dev instance where I have unattended-upgrades service enabled and configured to install only security updates):
> 2020-02-19 06:...
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Error during update 'Unable to connect to 192.168.43.1:8000'
When I tried to update my Ubuntu through the update manager I received an error about some unknown resource. so i tried doing it from the terminal with
sudo apt-get update
but all I got is:
0% [...
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Keyboard fails after upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I upgraded my laptop (Toshiba Satellite C40-B) from 16.04 to 18.04.
My laptop keypad and touchpad worked AOK in version 16.04, but with 18.04, they don't work, which leaves me stuck in the login page....
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Upgrade from 14.04.05 to 16.04.05
I wish to upgrade from 14.04.5 to 16.04.5 (not 16.04.6), what is the best to do this ensuring that I don't upgrade to version 16.04.6?
thanks,
Liam.
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Update from 16.04 to 18.04 also updated PHP 7.0 to 7.2 and this was unwanted
I have updated my Ubuntu 16.04 server to 18.04. The upgrade script (do-release-upgrade) worked correctly except that it also updaded PHP7.0 to PHP7.2 without asking. The problem is that I make use of ...
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Can't upgrade from 19.04 to 19.10 due to libgl1-mesa-dri package
I tried to upgrade my dist from Ubuntu 19.04 to 19.10. Turned out, I had some packages to upgrade:
libgl1-mesa-dri/bionic-security 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2 amd64 [upgradable from: 19.0.8-0ubuntu0~19....
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Can't Find the Ubuntu Software Center After upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I upgraded my Linux Ubuntu to Ubuntu 18.04 and Software Center seems to be missing. I tried to install from Command line.
But I endup with the following Error.
> user@user-HP-ProBook-450-G2:~$ ...
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Errors were encounted while processing : systemd
root@suraj-Inspiron-7570:/home/suraj# sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 ...
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Ubuntu apt-get upgrade (or install) always returns error
Whenever I try to install/upgrade apt-get will always return an error, and always the same error.
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) .....
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Where can packages such as the CVE'd apache2-bin=2.4.18-2ubuntu3.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 be installed from
I'm writing a script which uses the output of apt list --installed to install the same package version on a fresh VM install of (un-upgraded) 16.04.
The purpose is to test upgrade procedures, by ...
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Can I upgrade ath9k driver to ath10k in Xubuntu 18.04?
I have a kernel version 4.15.0-76-generic in Xubuntu 18.04, WiFi card is Qualcomm Atheros AR9565 Rev:1 and uses ath9k driver, can I upgrade this driver to ath10k with no problems? thanks, vladi
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Uninstalling old xenial Ruby gems after bionic upgrade
When I upgraded to Bionic, Ruby was upgraded from its default Xenial version 2.3 to its default Bionic version 2.5. That means that Ruby gem-provided programs that I installed via gem install no ...
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Broken apt-get upgrade
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and attempting a apt-get upgrade which is currently failing with the below error. I am alittle bit stuck.
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.2) ...
update-...
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