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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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Changing flavors on Ubuntu [duplicate]

Which is the easiest way to change flavors in ubuntu?? Thanks I'm a newbie just trying new things.I haven't tested any out right now running ubuntu 20.04
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Just upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04: desktop folders will now not open and the desktop regularly freezes up

Glad to be here and excited to be onboard 20.04, but it's not without issues. After the upgrade, I can't open folders on the desktop and the environment regularly freezes up on me, so I have to ...
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Best way to upgrade a mail server

I have a 16.04 based mail server that is based on fetchmail (no direct inbound mail), dovecot and procmail (to sort the mail) and it has server me well for a number of years. I decided today to try ...
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Unable to follow release upgrade instructions to upgrade from 19.04 to 19.10 [duplicate]

I am trying to upgrade from 19.04 to 19.10 following these instructions. When I come to Select the 3rd Tab called 'Updates', I get the following message: Unable to download updates: failed to refresh ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 "oh no! something has gone wrong" screen after upgrading from 18.04

I initially wanted to upgrade my Ubuntu from 18.04 straight to 20.04 via the CLI using this guide, which was very straightforward but I ended up first upgrading to 19.10 with a plan to upgrade to 20....
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Unable to sudo apt upgrade properly on Ubuntu-Budgie facing isuses with Python-Samba upgrade

Hi I am new to Ubuntu and I am loving it already. I had just checked for update on Ubuntu-Budgie (Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS) and during update I had encountered with the following error. Here is the ...
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Running 18.04 but still getting warning: Security updates... ...ment Stack ended on 2016-08-04

I updated my Ubuntu to 18.04.4 LTS but if i'm loggin into this machine with SSH i'm getting the warning: WARNING: Security updates for your current Hardware Enablement Stack ended on 2016-08-04: * ...
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Unable to boot after upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04

I tried to upgrade to 20.04 using the software updater but it failed. Later when I upgraded the software on the device using sudo apt-get upgrade it automatically upgraded to 20.04. Now it shows ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 UI doesn't come up

While I upgraded Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 LTS, it got stuck with the message upon reboot: Starting Hostname Service ...er..Rate Color Profiles...Stem changes.pp link was shut down...
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Ubuntu problem with console

I have a problem with install update from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20. when I want install it, so popup show me what I have running application on background.. but I don't have application. Yesterday I was ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Black Screen when opening new apps/ windows

Anyone encountered an issue where the screen will turn black every now and then for about 1 or 2 seconds, when a new browser is opened or when a headphone is plugged in. I tried changing refresh rate ...
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Running update-manager -d prompts to install 'Focal Fossa' development release. How can I force upgrade to the official non-development release [duplicate]

I'm currently running 18.04 LTS. I'd like to upgrade my existing machine to 20.04 LTS. If I enter sudo update-manager -d in the terminal, it finds an updated release (20.04). When I proceed with ...
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Keyboard layout ignored after upgrade to 20.04

My keyboard layout worked fine in 19.10, and stopped working after upgrading to 20.04. I'm getting some generic qwerty layout now, even though my own layout is listed in the language settings panel ...
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My ubuntu 20.04 lokks different than others

I can't find the menu panel which was previously available on bottom left. This looks completely different from the one saw in pictures. screenshot-desktop
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List fo Samba shares not visible to Mac after upgrading Ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04

Had samba working fine on Ubuntu 16.04. Could view a list of shares and was able to access them from any of my various workstations and OS's. Upgraded to 18.04, now when I connect to the Ubuntu server ...
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Updating from 18.10 to 19/20

I've been trying to upgrade from 18.10 to at least 19.04, using e.g. instructions here Whenever I type do-release-upgrade though, I get Checking for a new Ubuntu release Your Ubuntu release is not ...
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Should I upgrade Ubuntu from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS on Asus X205TA [closed]

I have X205TA following the instruction over here and other forums I have sucessfully installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my asus X205TA via using answers from this forum, infact I am even running a samba ...
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Error when trying sudo apt upgrade or install

I'm a new Ubuntu 16.04 user. It was working nicely, then whenever I tried to install new software or to upgrade, I received an error message. I tried to go through the suggestion posted for the same ...
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Server is broken after do-release-upgrade from 18 to 19

I had a (headless) server running 18.04LTS. On it ran some standard software: Apache, Docker, SSH, etc. I ran do-release-upgrade and after a seemingly normal set of questions and actions, a reboot ...
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How to upgrade Python to the latest version [duplicate]

I have the following version of Python, in my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. python --version Python 2.7.17 python3 --version Python 3.6.9 How to upgrade it to the latest version 3.8.2 I have already run the ...
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I'm running ubuntu 18.04 LTS should I update to 20.04 when it comes out or should I do a clean install?

2 years ago I decided to move to Ubuntu and decided to go with the LTS version. For 2 years everything has been going great. Next month the new LTS version is going to come up. What does people do in ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 crashed with a black screen using livepatch

For the second time in a week I found my Ubuntu 18.04 with a black screen in the morning. When I look in the syslog I see the PC crashed on 6:45 running livepatch. After get-updates the log shows only ...
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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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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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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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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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Ubuntu: Deleting a partition containing corrupt ubuntu upgrade from other ubuntu partition

We have tried to upgrade Ubuntu from v16 to v18, in the course it got corrupted so we have installed a fresh Ubuntu via bootable USB in a parallel partition. We are currently using the fresh installed ...
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Desire to upgrade Ubuntu to 19.10 - Can't get unetbootin (Current Version == 18.04)

I'm trying to upgrade my Ubuntu version to 19.10. I saw no direct way, so I'm trying to mount the iso (which I have downloaded) onto a usb. It seems I need software like Unetbootin to do that, but ...
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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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18:04 Lost desktop icon(s) after sudo apt-get upgrade

I have lost icon(s) after running sudo apt-get upgrade on my ubuntu 18.04. The systems is also slower now. Would you like to help me to solve this problem? error1 log error2
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standalone repo for upgrading

I am new to ubuntu I have an ubuntu 14.04 system on an isolated network (no access to internet) that I need to upgrade. I would like to pull a copy of a repo to use on this isolated network. I ...
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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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upgrade button for 19.10 still not working

On ubuntustudio19.04, some 2 months after its release, the upgrade button on the software updater still doesn't work. Hints? Clues?
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Sorry, Ubuntu 19.10 has experienced an internal error after upgrade

Today I received a prompt informing me that I can upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10 (I'm currently running 19.04). I started the upgrade however I had some issues with MySQL, which in turn broke the upgrade. I ...
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Cant install anything in termux using ubuntus root access terminal too install pkg from github that require root [duplicate]

root@localhost:~# apt update && apt upgrade Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports disco InRelease Hit:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports disco-updates InRelease Hit:3 http://ports....
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Initial setup after upgrade, how to do backup?

Today I got an alert that I can upgrade my Ubuntu to 19.10. So I started the upgrade. After the Upgrade I restarted my PC. All went fine, but one program however was uninstalled. I installed it and ...
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19.04 on starting freezes on Ubuntu logo

After updating Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 19.04 on starting it freezes on Ubuntu logo and rapidly the dots are running. After trying GRUB settings change to nomodeset to skip the driver loading it ...
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Error install emacs-lucid

When I upgraded from 19.04 to 19.10 there was one package that was not able to update that was emacs-lucid. When I try to upgrade it now I get the error: dpkg: warning: old emacs-lucid package pre-...
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After upgrade to 19.10, still get login screen after enabling Auto Login, but can't log in

The following started after upgrading from 19.04 to 19.10 using LiveUSB. After enabling Auto Login for my user account, I still get a login screen, and entering my password just knocks me back to the ...
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"apt-get upgrade" fails with "/usr/bin/dpkg: Syntax error: newline unexpected"

I am using Ubuntu 19.04. The problem is when I want to upgrade and run sudo apt-get upgrade command. But it is failing. It is showing: $ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building ...
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Upgrading Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 is not working [duplicate]

This command sudo apt-get install update-manager-core is not working to upgrade Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. I get this output: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Upgrading issues

I'm trying to upgrade from 18.04 to the latest Disco Dingo. I get the following message: EFI System Partition (ESP) not usable "Your EFI System Partition (ESP) is not mounted at /boot/efi. Please ...
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Ubuntu Budgie 19.10 massive slow down

Laptop: ASUS Sonic Master E4003S with 4 GB RAM Issue: Massive slowdowns since upgrading to Ubuntu Budgie 19.10. Machine takes literally 310 seconds (= 5 mins and 10 secs) to respond to any click or ...
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Search computer function not working on upgrade from 19.04 to 19.10

After upgrading to 19.10 from 19.04 search function does not work. No results are displayed no matter what is entered. Same question as this, didn't want to hijack the question: Search functionality ...
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Upgraded Ubuntu from 18.04 to 19.04, now I can't login

I updated via terminal my Ubuntu from 18.04 to 19.04. However, I had several problems with it: Firstly, the starting screen was getting stuck because of GNOME. I have edited /etc/gdm3/custom.conf ...
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Sources disagree on hashes for supposely identical version '1:22.1.6-1' of 'erlang-examples:amd64'

I am using Lubuntu on my laptop. I try to upgrade using sudo apt upgrade and then the following error is showing up: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Shutdown PC fails since 19.10 upgrade

I use Ubuntu Studio 18.10, upgraded from 19.04, upgraded from 18.04.3. Since the last upgrade (to 19.10), I cannot to shutdown my PC directly from the Main Menu option, because in the "Close Session" ...
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Packages Upgrade Manager doesn't work in Ubuntu Studio 19.10

I use Ubuntu Studio 19.10, upgraded from 19.04, upgraded from 18.04.3. Even the fact that the system is working so fine with Audio, Midi, Video and Images... The standard Menu app "Packages Upgrade ...
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Blank screen after updating to 19.10

I just upgraded my wife’s Dell Latitude E6510 from 19.04 to 19.10. It would not shutdown after the update. She eventually turned the laptop off using the power key, and now when she tries to turn it ...
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