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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Kernel upgrade to 4.15.0-33 breaks wifi
Running Kubuntu 18.04.
Recently upgraded kernel to 4.15.0-33. This was part of normal upgrade.
But after the upgrade, networking is troublesome. I am not able to connect to any wifi network. I am ...
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How do I avoid a partial upgrade? [duplicate]
I remember back in 2012, when I tried to upgrade to Oneric using Software Updater, I got something called a partial upgrade and it was a mess to deal with.
Is there any way to avoid that from ...
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Ubuntu upgrade froze
During an upgrade of Ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04, the system suddenly froze.
After a restart the system entering the correct password, it won't let me log in.
Rebooting again doesn't help.
How ...
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Preventing LTS upgrade to another version of ubuntu
I have several computers and people on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64bit and I would like to stay on that version. There use to be an option that says LTS version updates only (or something like that) now it ...
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nvidia screen tearing after upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04 Ubuntu
I have attempted a number of fixes to try and resolve this issue.
Things that have not worked;
Setting Triple Buffering in xorg.conf
Setting ForceFullCompositionPipeline in xorg.conf
Ensuring Vblank ...
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How to correctly upgrade gcc7.3 to gcc8 in Ubuntu 18.04.01 LTS?
In my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
marco@PC:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
I have gcc ...
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Lubuntu 17.10 upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04
I was trying to upgrade my Lubuntu 17.10 to Lubuntu 18.04.
The first time I tried with the Gui(Software & updates) which said me that had to download ~862 MB (if I'm not wrong) but during ...
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Upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS failed
Today several attempts at upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS failed.
I attempted this using both the Software Updater program and the command line.
Here is the output from the command-line (...
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Very slow to boot takes 9 minutes after upgrade to 18.04.1 LTS
So sad I pushed the button to upgrade to 18.04 on my old Acer Aspire laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo T1800 CPU. Now it takes over 9 minutes for it to boot. Some apps were also very slow to load taking 5 ...
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System not booting due to upgrade failure from 16.04 to 18.04?
I recently tried upgrading Ubuntu from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 but the update hung up before completing. I had to quit the upgrade and restart. Now the computer boots to a black screen. I tried opening ...
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Touchpad right click doesn't work in the new version 18.04.1
since i upgraded my version to Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, the right click doesn't work.
(i have Lenovo Yoga 500-15ISK)
any help will be appreciated.
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Upgrading ubuntu 16.04lts to 18.04lts; booting stops at console msg: Starting Update UTMP
Around Aug 15,2018, I upgraded from 16.04LTS to 18.04LTS using, IIRC, the
gui shown here:
https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-upgrading-ubuntu-desktop?_ga=2.85153881.1518174303.1535755443-...
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Circular Dependency for Wine after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04
I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 and now the Wine program is broken. When I tried to uninstall it (so I could reinstall it from scratch), I get a circular dependency.
joseph@joseph-Lenovo-Y50-70:~$ sudo ...
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My ubuntu upgrade just stopped
I was using 16.04, then a new version 18.04 upgrade popped up. I just started it, then the window just stopped. I don't know what to do. Please help.
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 over Windows RDP on a virtual machine
I tried to upgrade a virtual machine to Ubuntu 18.04 over a remote desktop connection.
Used the command do-release-upgrade. Unfortunately the remote desktop connection was interrupted. My guess would ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 freezes within 5 seconds of booting
I dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu. I updated Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 through the software updater. After installation, everything would boot normally, but every single time (within 5 seconds of getting ...
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GNOME broken after 16.04 LTS to 18.04 Bionic Beaver upgrade in Virtualbox on Windows 7 host
I have a Windows 7 workstation and I use Virtualbox to run Ubuntu. This is with UI not a headless deal. I try to keep Virtualbox itself and all the Ubuntu packages up to date. I have Virtualbox 5.2.18,...
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"not an ELF file" on libudisks2.so.0 while apt-get upgrade
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and today while doing sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade I got this kind of messages:
/sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudisks2.so.0 is not an ELF file - ...
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How to return the grub-pc screen in the upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
I have a triple boot system with Ubuntu(16.04), Kali Linux, and Windows 7.
I was upgrading Ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04 and the window for the grub configuration froze after I chose to open a new shell, ...
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'linux-generic-hwe-18.04' not found after upgrade to 18.04
Since upgrading to 18.04 from 16.04 I have been seeing the following message:
➜ ~ hwe-support-status
You have packages from the Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) installed that
are going out of ...
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How to update Dell repositories after upgrading XPS 13 to Ubuntu 18.04
I have just updated my Dell XPS 13 (9360) to Ubuntu 18.04. It came pre-installed with Ubuntu 16.04.
The upgrade has worked fine. However, during the upgrade process the installer disabled the dell ...
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I'm using 16.04 LTS and was told today 18.04.1 LTS is available. Should I upgrade?
Today I got this message:
I clicked on settings and this screen appeared:
I changed the last line from:
Long term-support versions
to
Never
What would be the right thing to do?
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Update freezes after upgrade to Kubuntu 18.04
Yesterday I upgraded to new Ubuntu version (18.04.1), a few odd things were broken but they are sorted out now. Today I get a security update. I click on the button to accept it. The "discover" window ...
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apt-get upgrade didn't update PHP but updated its php modules
I performed
sudo apt-get upgrade
and was expecting to see that PHP version update from 5.6.30 to 5.6.37. To my surprise, php version didn't upgrade but its modules did. I still see 5.6.30 in ...
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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 16.04 to 18.04 failed
A notification came up:
Cannot upgrade secure boot enforcement policy due to unsigned kernels
Your system has UEFI secure boot enabled firmware, and the following kernels present on your system are ...
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Update Software proposes an upgrade to ubuntu 18.04 even if it is a 32bits netbook
If UBUNTU discarded the 32bits old machines, how come Software Updater tool suggesta and pushes to upgrade my 32bits netbook from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04? I did it once and the netbook got stuck in ...
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ubuntu 18 + XFCE : compose key no longer work after upgrading
I have just upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04.
Things seems to work well except for the compose key that does not work anymore. I have a english (US) keyboard and in the configuration tools the compose ...
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Boot fails after "apt-get upgrade"
I've been trying to migrate a VM from Virtual Box (never using that garbage ever again) to VMWare.
I was able to import the VM into VMWare and get it to boot.
Once I get into VMWare I run a simple ...
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dist-upgrade wants to remove kubuntu_desktop
I've been running ubuntu (18.04) with kde (kubuntu_desktop) on my computer for years. As of recently (at some point after upgrading to bionic), whenever I try to issue an apt-get update / apt-get dist-...
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problems after upgrading ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS
So i upgraded my Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 through update center and everything went fine.
In the log in screen i am allowed to choose the GUI i want to use - e.g. unity, ubuntu, ubuntu on wayland, ...
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Post 18.04.1 upgrade dual monitor not working
PROBLEM SUMMARY: Upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 and 2nd monitor, HDMI, does not connect. I've used Ubuntu for 10+ years, am Linux certified, but I've never had a problem this obtuse. The possible video ...
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Is my system in a consistent state now after failed upgrade from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS?
I updated my system on Thursday from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS and the upgrade failed because of the dependency mismatch in libmutter-2-0 described in this question. It was in a state where only console ...
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Problem with openconnect after upgrade to ubuntu 18.04
After upgrading to 18.04 I can't use openconnect anymore. Here is the issue:
Established DTLS connection (using GnuTLS). Ciphersuite (DTLS1.2)-(PSK)-(AES-256-GCM).
DTLS connection compression using ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck at upgrading linux-header
Whenever I try to get my system up-to-date in Ubuntu 18.04, it stops:
whenever it reaches Setting up linux-headers-<version>-generic. I cannot cancel the upgrading from there, but even when ...
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xubuntu boot hangs after "upgrade" to 18.04
Frustration may make me short and sarcastic, please forgive.
Early this morning I attempted to "upgrade" from 16.04 to 18.04 on a Foxconn Product:Nettop nT-535. On the post upgrade reboot, the splash ...
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Luks broken after update from 17.10 to 18.04 [duplicate]
I have a laptop with 17.10, with all updates.
It is using full disk encryption
I just did the update to 18.04 today.
All went well, it asked me to reboot at the end, so did I.
Upon boot, I was ...
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Can't update to 18.04 LTS [duplicate]
I'm trying to update to ubuntu 18.04 LTS using terminal and following these instructions
$ sudo apt update
this command ran ok
then
$ sudo apt upgrade
command gives me the following error:
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Is there a guide or a published set of best practices to backup known configuration files in preparation of installing the OS?
Every time a new LTS appears I make the choice of upgrade or reinstall. Upgrade is easy, but I like the idea of reinstalling the OS and clearing away any clutter or screwed up configurations.
Is ...
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Package gnome-shell-common has been held back but when trying to update it I get this
When doing sudo apt upgrade it says 'gnome-shell-common has been held back'. When I do sudo apt dist-upgrade it doesn't show gnome-shell-common, and sudo apt install gnome-shell-common says it will ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 login loop problem with gnome; unity works fine
I just upgraded to 18.04 from 16.04. The upgrade went through with no error messages, but I hit the login loop right after the upgrade: at the login page, after typing the correct password, the screen ...
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Upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, indicator-multiload doesn't work
I'm rather glad of the upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 (desktop).
However there are a few things I find annoying,
Among them is indicator-multiload
indicator-multiload is an invaluable app, graphically ...
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Distupgrade issues. Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04
So, as we all know, all great sagas begin with 'I did a distupgrade'
Everything started fine while still in the Ubuntu 16.04 environment, but stalled after a 'whole heap of stuff' had been written to ...
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Ubuntu Studio 8+ Upgrade
I upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu Studio 17+ to 18, but it crashed...
Then I tried to run the recovery mode down to all the previous versions, but of no luck. It froze...
Then I tried reinstalling ...
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PHP modules, php-x vs php7.2-x
Upgrading Ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04, I was facing a choice for some PHP modules.Should I install, for instance
php-fpm, or php7.2-fpm
php-gd, or php7.2-gd
etc...
since both names are available in ...
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Is it possible to upgrade not to LTS? 16.04.2 to 16.04.4 for example (while 16.04.5 is LTS)
I need to update to a specific point version not to LTS, is it possible?
For example from:
16.04.2 to 16.04.4 (while 16.04.5 is LTS)
I don't want to mark specific files or packages just to use a ...
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My Ubuntu 18.04 has dpkg gdm3 error
Every time I try to use command:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
on my Ubuntu 18.04, it pops out the error like this:
Will not try to make an initrd.
Setting up linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-32-generic (4....
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Unable to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, no real error?
I received the notice that there's an update for my desktop install, but I'm unable to do so. There's no real error messages that I can see. I've run sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt upgrade, and sudo ...
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Boot fails after 16.04 LTS to 18.04 Bionic Beaver upgrade in Virtualbox on Windows 7 host
I have a Windows 7 workstation and I use Virtualbox to run Ubuntu. This is with UI not a headless deal. I try to keep Virtualbox itself and all the Ubuntu packages up to date. I have Virtualbox 5.2....
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How to update to the 18.10 beta? [duplicate]
I found CD images for the 18.10 beta, but I'm wondering if there is a way to upgrade OTA. I have the bionic-proposed box checked, but there is still nothing.
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