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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How to upgrade VirtualBox 5.0 to 5.2?
I use Whonix in VirtualBox and Whonix is currently not working and I think it is because I need to upgrade VirtualBox to the newest version.
I have a lot of saved files and stuff on my Whonix ...
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How to get the latest PHP 7.3 patches in 18.04?
I have installed PHP 7.3 via the ppa:ondrej/php repository and everything was running smoothly, until I ran across this major 7.3.0 bug with __callStatic which lead to a lot of broken code in my ...
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Get the warning when upgrade mysql 5.7 to 8.0 on bionic!
I already installed MySQL of client and server with 5.7 version.
When I check MySQL packages available :
$ sudo apt search mysql
mysql-client/bionic-updates,bionic-security 5.7.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 ...
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Server: After upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 ssh and ftp refuses connections
I upgraded my remote hosted server from 16.04 to 18.04. The first steps seemed to go fine without any errors or warnings. Until the reboot step.
I confirmed the reboot step. After this the ssh ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 internet not working but SSH works after upgrade
I just upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 but now the internet does not work.
I am able to SSH into the box.
I can ping 8.8.8.8
I have tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf and sudo reboot but that didn'...
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errors while updating my PC [duplicate]
I have searched the whole internet including reading everything on google/askubuntu/all ubuntu communities), tried all the possible solution and still didn't figure it out (but I am not google so my ...
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install exact version of ppa package
As I understand, to upgrade a ppa package, the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
will upgrade to the lastest version of the ...
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HDMI not detected after upgrade to 18.10
I upgraded my Asus n76vj from 18.04 to 18.10 and HDMI stopped working (it works on Windows 10).
Here are some info on my system:
$ lspci | grep -iE "display|vga|hdmi"
00:02.0 VGA compatible ...
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installing kubuntu-desktop failed during 18.04 upgrade
I'm trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS to 18.04.
I ran sudo do-release-upgrade and after around 1 hour the process finished with:
Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.79ubuntu10) ...
Errors ...
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After upgrade Ubuntu display 2 software center and filezilla not working
updating Ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04 display 2 software center icon
and that both software center is working
1. Ubuntu software center (15.10)
2. software center (16.04)
3. filezilla not working after ...
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Unable to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
When I do do-release-upgrade it says :
Could not determine the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version ...
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I'm afraid of rebooting after apt-get upgrade... [ubuntu 16.04 LTS]
I made sudo apt-get update and then upgrade...
After finishing the last lines said:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-130-generic
W: mdadm: the array /dev/md/imsm0 with UUID ...
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System lag after Ubuntu update - how to troubleshoot & revert back?
I just updated my Lenovo X1 Yoga 3rd gen running on Ubuntu 18.10. The machine has been running great, that is until today after the update. It is extremely slow.
I am wondering how to troubleshoot ...
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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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E: Broken packages from Depends: python3 (>= 3.6.6-1~)
I tried to update/upgrade my apt and I get the error from python3 depends.
When I Update/Upgrade:
praz@abuahmed:~$ APTGET
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://dl....
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Ubuntu 18.04 asking for a distribution upgrade
I am running Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS. A week or two back, the software update tool started coming up with the following message:
Not all updates can be installed.
Run a partial upgrade to install ...
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Unattended-upgrade --- update everything out of everytihng silently without any barriers
I installed unattended-upgrade via apt-get installl unattended-upgrade, then came to configure it with dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrade.
I then came into the following screen with the saying:
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Upgrade libzim '2.0.0' to version '>=4.0.0'
I am trying to install zimwriterfs. However, when I meson . build, I get the following:
The Meson build system
Version: 0.47.2
Source dir: /home/pit/Downloads/zimwriterfs-master
Build dir: /home/pit/...
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Relocation error libqt5 and libpng16
I have recently upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04
While trying to start qjack I get this error
qjackctl: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5: symbol png_set_option version PNG16_0 ...
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No module named 'encodings' after upgrading to 16.04
Hi I upgraded my Ubuntu to 16.04 but whenever I try to run a Python program or pip install (both Python 2.7 or Python 3.5) I get the following error:
ImportError: No module named 'encodings'
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How should I upgrade to 16.04 now?
My download from the distribution upgrade failed because of a problem with the internet. Then I tried sudo apt-get dist upgrade, but it still shows 15.10. I also tried sudo apt-get install wajig, but ...
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error processing archive while running apt --fix-broken install [duplicate]
I just upgraded to 18.04. Unfortunately during the update my laptop got stuck and restarted. After the restart everything seemed to work. A gig of updates later I got stuck on this problem.
Apt dist-...
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Cannot upgrade to Kubuntu 18.04
I really hope nobody gets nazi-esque on me for asking this (or edits my post for making such a joke... even worse), but I can't upgrade to Kubuntu 18.04
I've tried using sudo apt update followed by ...
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Systemd broken after upgrade 18.04 -> 18.10
I tried to upgrade from 18.04 to 18.10 but the upgrade failed half way because of unmet dependencies. It's specifically:
python3-apt, apt-xapian-index, python3-newt:amd64, systemd, python3-gdbm:amd64, ...
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Slow boot after upgrade ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 LTS
I have recently upgraded ubuntu and booting is really slow... (i'm running dual boot with windows 10).
I tried solutions posted previously :
How to diagnose/fix very slow boot on Ubuntu 18.04
but it ...
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What's the difference between 'generic' and 'aws' kernel?
Actually, my question is much more general.
I would like to update the kernel to get some recent security updates.
ubuntu@ip-14-0-50-189:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-image
Reading package lists... ...
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Can I avoid reinstalling from scratch? Upgrade failing with "dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting - with different file - not allowed [duplicate]
I asked for assistance about a month ago, but haven't received a single response. If I asked incorrectly or broke etiquette rules I am truly sorry.
My original question was this:
I ran 12.04 ...
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Ubuntu Arabic font became too ugly after upgrade
After I upgraded my distribution, the Arabic font changed and became too ugly (for the the system, the web browsers, all file managers, all interfaces (gnome and cinnamon) and everything).
I already ...
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subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 127 with weird sEDUsEDUsEDU.. message
I was trying to install basic application on Ubuntu 18.04 system name cowsay.
Till now everything was working fine.
Now, I ran the command
sudo apt-get install cowsay
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Locked out of KDE while upgrading
In Kubuntu 17.04 in a terminal, I did do-release-upgrade. After the downloading was over, the unpacking, etc. began. I accidentally locked the screen. When I wanted to unlock, it displayed a message
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Updated 16.04 server to 18.04.1, now I see weird errors about missing files, failing to resolve dns, failing to connect to bus
Ok, so this is an upgrade from 16.04.1 LTS to 18.04.1 LTS, the server is headless. After the upgrade is finished, and a reboot is completed, the following happens:
Trying to upgrade packages only ...
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Can't open PDF: "Segmentation Fault (core dumped)"
I'm new user in Linux system (I'm using Lubuntu 18.04 LTS), and I'm learning english yet, sorry if i made a mistake
I'm having trouble opening PDF documents. when I try to open my default reader (...
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How can I get a log of the updates I installed recently?
I want to get a log of the updates I installed in my Ubuntu 18.04 recently (say last month) using apt-get upgrade and apt-get update. Is there any way?
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Upgraded from 18.04 to 18.10, now alt+tab doesn't work anymore
I upgraded from 18.04 to 18.10 using the standard procedure, and now alt+tab for switching between applications doesn't work anymore.
Any idea on how I could fix this?
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Wrong lsb-release after release upgrade
Today I did a LTS upgrade from trusty to xenial using do-release-upgrade. It went through without an error. But after the upgrade I'm not sure on which version my system is now.
The do-release-...
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Upgrade to Bionic kills lvmetad
Tonight I upgraded to Bionic. The upgrade was fraught with problems, mainly due to a mixture of PAM and Postgresql where configuring postgresql asks for my PAM password and then ignores me completely ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 - Unattended-upgrades-shutdown --wait-for-signal
I have a process as listed in htop under Command stating the following:
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrade-shutdown
--wait-for-signal
Judging by the:
--wait-...
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Ubuntu 18.04 no installation or update after upgrade from 16.04 [duplicate]
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 series, which shipped with Ubuntu 14.04 preinstalled. I can't upgrade, install or uninstall nothing in Ubuntu 18.04 after upgrade it from 16.04.
When I upgrade ...
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incorrect password for sudo and on screen lock, but correct while logging in right after reboot
I've this strange issue occurring after I upgraded the os from 16 to 18.
At first, it wouldn't let me in, saying that the password is incorrect even though it was right. So I rebooted with ...
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unattended-upgrades never works
I have installed and configured unattended-upgrades but still every time I run apt-get upgrade, I see there are new packages waiting to be installed. I've waited even 2 weeks for them to get installed ...
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After upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 vim does not work... can't install it!
After upgrading Ubuntu, I just notice that vim is not working (actually deleting from Ubuntu)
So I tried to re-installing it using this command:
$ sudo apt install vim
And the result is:
Reading ...
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Software Updater 14.04 LTS to 16.04.5 LTS upgrade [duplicate]
Will upgrading through Software Updater keep data, file folders, and installed software such as "Audacity?"
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What is the easiest way to update Opera browser on Ubuntu 18? [duplicate]
How can I update Opera browser on Ubuntu 18?
when I do sudo apt-get upgrade opera I face with this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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Malformed line error fixed update/ upgrade errors: [duplicate]
I fixed the malformed line error in my sources list, and was able to run the sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade. When I ran the update these errors came up:
W: Failed to fetch http://dl....
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Ubuntu 18.04 not copying correctly?
I have 14.0xxx and tried to upgrade to 18 but coping the iso the a USB it said to "bootloader was not copied across. Can I use the USB?
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How can I roll back my Ubuntu from 18.04 to 16.04? [duplicate]
I accidentally upgraded Ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04. Now I can't log in to the system. But through the PE system, I can see that the previous file is still on the hard disk. Is there any way to get 18....
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Error while upgrading to 16.04: 'LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8' is not a git command and many dependency errors
I just upgraded to 16.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade.
I saw this message at the end of the process :
The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade process.
Now if I do: $ ...
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Can I repair Ubuntu after an interrupted upgrade?
I was in the middle of upgrading from 16.10 to 17.04. Eventually, during installing the upgrades, the OS sort of froze, but the mouse pointer and keyboard still worked (caps lock for example could ...
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upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and now there is error found when loading /home/[user]/.profile
My laptop used to have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I upgraded it to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. After upgrading, every time I boot it, it shows this error message:
Error found when loading /home/[user]/.profile:
home/[...
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Issues after update 16.04 - 18.04 LTS
Apologies in advance for the long introduction but I figured it would be better to give as much background as possible. I recently tried upgrading my HP Z420 workstation from 16.04 to 18.04 LTS. While ...
