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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system upgrade data is lost
I have lost all my data because of the new update. The installed software is there but all the other folders that I have created are lost.
Is there any way to regain that data?
OS Name: Ubuntu 20.04....
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How to install OpenSSH 8.7 or later on 20.04.6 LTS
I need to upgrade the version of OpenSSH on my Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS to OpenSSH 8.7 or later.
After running this:
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install openssh-server
It returns;
Reading package lists... ...
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Not able to find free Ubuntu Pro tokens
I have been owning an Ubuntu Pro Desktop subscription but I am not able to find the free tokens on my dashboard to add one more laptop to my subscription. Thanks in advance.
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How to avoid apps upgrading with snap [duplicate]
I'm trying to "pin" my current Blender version. My hardware is a bit old to run Blender 4.0 so I aimed to use the LTS version of it (which is now at version 3.x).
I know this is possible to ...
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apt upgrade - connection reset by peer
Pretty fresh Jammy installation. No changes done in the setup whatsoever. I was able to apt update without problems. No proxy. No VPN.
What I tried:
two different WiFis
waiting a week in case the ...
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Has Ubuntu 24.04 already been released? [duplicate]
I was running updates on two test servers (used to test new Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server releases) in anticipation of next month's release and accidentally ran the script to update to the next ...
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Broken pipe | Ubuntu 20.04
When upgrading packages I get a broken pipe error:
Package lists are read... Done
Dependency tree is created... Done
Status information is read in... Done
Try "apt --fix-broken install" to ...
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I encounter this after running sudo apt upgrade [duplicate]
I encounter the following error after running sudo apt upgrade in Ubuntu 22.04:
dpkg: error processing package linux-hwe-6.5-headers-6.5.0-26 (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent ...
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After upgrade to Ubuntu Pro no documents are attachable neither to google mail nor to germany gmx mail
Yesterday i upgraded to Ubuntu Pro.
Today i wanted to send emails to my pension-fund organization and to the German BfA (national retiree organization) with documents attached.
Some days before ...
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Remove an old Kernel
My network adapter wasn't supported when I initially installed Ubuntu server 20.04. This was several years ago, and my memory of how I addressed the issue is pretty foggy; I'm fairly certain that I ...
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sudo apt-get upgrade errors
I get the following errors when running the apt-get upgrade:
dpkg: error processing package nfs-common (--remove)
cannot remove /sbin/umount.nfs4: Bad message
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an ...
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Graphics problem with emacs after upgrade to 22.04 LTS
When I open emacs in 22.04 LTS the window has a graphics problem, some colored runes on black background but no text. I'm working in a Virtual Box on a Windows 10 host. The problem occured after a ...
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malformed entry 1 in list error
When I run sudo apt upgrade in my terminal, I have this message:
E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list (URI)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed ...
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It it safe to remove GA kernels when using HWE?
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 with ZFS on root. My boot partition is only 1.8GB - I find that it is constantly running out of space with snapshots of just a couple kernel updates.
dpkg -l | grep linux-...
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 unusable after getting kernel 6.5.0-25
On my Lenovo T480s laptop running Ubuntu 22.04.4, upgrading to kernel 6.5.0-25 completely broke it. If it doesn't stall during boot, the desktop is sluggish and soon shows a dialog saying "gjs is ...
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24.04 updates - how does it work? [duplicate]
I need to build a new server. To avoid a distribution upgrade in a few weeks I was considering installing a pre release version of 24.04. I have a couple of questions though. Will I be able to use the ...
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Release upgrade from 20.04 blocked by libheif1
I'm trying to upgrade my 20.04 with the command do-release-upgrade.
The above gives me the messages that I need to install all available updates before upgrading.
If I then run sudo apt update &&...
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auto correct in Libre office writer
After some update I can no longer use --> so get an arrow in texts. Looking in Tools > Autocorrect > options. It is there saying Replace --> With → But nothing happens when I type
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Reinstalling/fixing Ubuntu (with disk encryption) after failed release upgrade
I was doing a release upgrade of my system. I accidentally got locked out of the lock screen, but I checked top/pgrep and it looked like the upgrade was done. So I just decided to shut down the system,...
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Not able to update or upgrade after upgrading from Python 3.10.12 to Python 3.11 [duplicate]
I have a complete backup for starters. Second, I was testing an application that required me to upgrade from Python 3.10.12 to Python 3.11, and now Gnome Terminal is not working, and I am unable to ...
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Stuck with kernel 6.2.0 on Ubuntu 23.10
I'm running Ubuntu on a thin client as a headless home server. I've upgraded to 23.10 a few monthes ago, but I realize I've been stuck with kernel 6.2.0 since then.
Running sudo apt update, sudo apt ...
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22.04 when upgrading the server can not make outgoing connections neither receive from vpn
After the last upgrading of a 20.04 LTS server, can not perform outgoing connections but yes incoming ones.
I mean: from the LAN I can ping the server. But the server can't ping neither machines in ...
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In-Place Upgrade with Netbox
Is it possible to do a inplace upgrade of Ubuntu 18.4 LTS to the latest 22.04 with netbox installation? This is the first time i am doing the in place upgrade and i want to be sure that netbox and its ...
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Issues with apt upgrade [duplicate]
I'm running the following command: sudo apt upgrade
And the following error pops up:
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly ...
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Updates issues with repository and releases [duplicate]
Dears,
can somebody help with below error as this was started two weeks ago when i try to run updates:
xxxxxxxxxxxxx:~$ sudo apt update
Ign:1 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
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Web Server on Ubuntu not running after upgrade
I did an upgrade to my old distribution on a Raspberry Pi 2 because I tried to install iobroker. After the upgrade I can still SSH to Ubuntu, but I don't have access to any of my Webservices (neither ...
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do-release-upgrade from 18.04 aborting [duplicate]
main.log
2024-03-01 14:10:09,360 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg.bionic', '/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d/ubuntu-advantage-upgrades.cfg']'
2024-03-01 14:10:09,360 INFO uname ...
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How can I restore my system after a failed install of held-back packages?
I just installed a few held back packages (all were mesa:386 dependent). However, afterwards, tons of system and application packages have been removed.
There is no x-server anymore, and no WM, no ...
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How to fix KDE NEON User Edition errors and update to Plasma 6 [closed]
Yesterday KDE team released KDE 6.0.0 and added it to User Edition of KDE NEON. I'm using it like year or so and want to hop to this shiny new release. But have a problem with apt full-update, even if ...
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Ubuntu CVE status interpretation, is the package really released?
I would like to take this CVE as an example:
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12020
In case of gnupg2 it says it is released for jammy. First of all, what is released means exactly?
I have found ...
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Unable to Perform Upgrade [duplicate]
I am running into a strange error that is circular in nature. I just went to run a routine sudo apt upgrade and encountered the following error:
> Reading package lists... Done Building dependency
&...
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I cannot update my Ubuntu 22.04 server
I get ..
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have ...
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How to upgrade 20.04 enough to do a release-upgrade
I'm trying options to bring an old-ish Xubuntu 20.04LTS up to 22.04. This thing has had some problems that made me very wary of problems along the way, so I did a dry run just now.
Installed 20.04 ...
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How to find specific old point-releases of Xubuntu (or any other flavor, I would imagine)
I have a machine that had been ignored for a while, then had some catastrophe (I'm guessing I caused it, but I'm not sure) and it won't boot -- it gets a kernel panic. The backups were already stale ...
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How to revive an os after end-of-life
I've got a machine with Xubuntu 20.04.2, which I didn't use for a while and now it is about a year past its end-of-life. It is heavily configured, so I'd like to update/upgrade it to a recent Xubuntu....
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How can I upgrade a package to a specific version? [duplicate]
I know how to install a specific version of a package. Now I want to upgrade all packages of my system with:
sudo apt upgrade
But for a specific package, I do not want it to upgrade to the latest ...
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sudo upgrade evdi.ko.zst freeze at install
I did run sudo apt update, and afterwards sudo apt upgrade.
Normally, this is all fine but it got stuck for ages. I cancelled the process.
I tried to do it again but the terminal tells me to run
sudo ...
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Can't update Xubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa (LTS) to the next LTS release (22.04 Jammy)
The do-release-upgrade(8) program says I need to install all updates before it can go to work
I have done what I can (all as root):
apt-get --quiet --assume-yes update
apt-get --quiet --assume-...
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On upgrade to manic minotaur 23.10, python threading deamon not working
I upgraded Ubuntu from 23.04 to 23.10
Release 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 6.5.0-17-generic x86_64
Python3 version 3.11.6
Since upgrading, any python programs using threading with ...
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Intel ARC intel-i915-dkms dpkg error upgrading to HWE kernel 6.5
Whenever I try to install something, it returns this error:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic; ...
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How to solve dpkg error based on geany-plugin-addons
Error that I got from the upgrading step:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
loading files list file for package 'geany-plugin-addons': cannot read /var/lib/dpkg/info/geany-plugin-addons.list ...
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How can I safely rollback specific upgrades?
I am currently dealing with gpu crashes which I believe have been caused by a bunch of packages that were upgraded this morning on my machine. Here's the history.log entries for this morning.
I am new ...
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Unmet dependencies after Ubuntu 20.04 -> 22.0.4 upgrade
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04LTS. After the upgrade, however, I have problems with apt-get upgrade, since many upgrades are kept back. Here is the full list:
base-files cpp language-pack-...
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I accidentally installed phased update for gjs. How to revert?
~ ❯ apt-cache policy gjs
gjs:
Installed: 1.72.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Candidate: 1.72.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Version table:
*** 1.72.4-0ubuntu0.22....
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Ubuntu 23.10 DisplayLink driver issue after upgrade from 22.04
I've upgraded from Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.10 and the display links on my docking stations don't work anymore. I have a Dell D3100 and a D-link DUB-M810 and the issue is the same with both.
I reinstalled ...
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GTK2 applications broken after upgrade to 22.04
After I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 the rendering of GTK2 applications (e.g. GIMP & Chromium) is totally broken. GTK3 applications on the other hand are working fine.
This is gtk-demofrom gtk2.0-...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Unattended Upgrades: apt hook usage, for command execution after successful updates
I looked at the commands executed after a successful update, in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d:
# cat 15update-stamp
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/...
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22.04.1 to 22.04.3 or kernel upgrade? [duplicate]
I installed initially 22.04.1 (in 2022), and did all updates.
But, the kernel is still 5.15.0-94 while 22.04.3 comes with kernel 6.2...
And lsb_release -a says
No LSB modules are available.
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apt update && apt upgrade gives lock error on Ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
I have typed the following command:
$ apt update && apt upgrade
I am getting the error:
Reading package lists... Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: ...
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Error during apt upgrade for NodeJS
I encounter this problem while trying to sudo apt upgrade my system:
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_18.17.1-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (18.17.1-deb-1nodesource1) over (12.22.9~...