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Can't go through "sudo update" because of GPG key error

Welcome Srecko to the forum. I'm using Google translate to see this in English. Hopefully we can communicate okay like this. Problem The public key for the ProtonVPN repository is missing, causing ...
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After automatic update of Ubuntu Studio 22.04, I can't type my password on Plasma login screen

Ok I'm a bonehead. I had to not only uninstall the old nvidia driver, but also autoremove and clean. Then install the new nvidia driver. Boot previous working kernel from grub boot menu. Then type: ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 - Update Problems (Some index files failed to download)

Doing apt-get clean before trying the update worked, thanks for the link @ChuckLiu
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Can't upgrade ubuntu 20.04 from 18.04

First, enable debug logs: $ DEBUG_UPDATE_MANAGER=1 do-release-upgrade ... result of meta-release download: '<urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self signed ...
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Software center: "Prepared update not found"

Today I got the same error message as described: (...)Prepared update not found: /var/lib/PackageKit/prepared-update. And I have managed to solve it regenerating that file in the following way: $ su -...
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How to make my server email me when there are security updates?

According to: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/package-management Configuring Unattended-Upgrade::Mail in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades will enable unattended-upgrades to email an ...
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apt update failure: NO_PUBKEY E88979FB9B30ACF2

If these errors aren’t fixed, apt will have problems when installing or upgrading packages. The apt packaging system has a set of trusted keys that determine whether a package can be authenticated and ...
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How to install latest Netplan on Ubuntu 22.04?

netplan.io is a core component of the Ubuntu operating system. As such, it is not recommended to replace the system version with a newer release. Our policy is to backport the latest stable release ...
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How to install latest Netplan on Ubuntu 22.04?

One way to get the latest netplan is build it yourself, following the instructions in the project's GitHub page, which I'm adding below: Install the required packages: sudo apt-get install python3 ...
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sudo apt get update gives error - The package cache file is corrupted

I couldn't update or install any packages due to this: Reading package lists... Error! E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these ...
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Ubuntu Software turned into Snap Store after updates

Nothing has really changed just a combining of the two previous Ubuntu Store applications. In the image below, the arrow points to a drop down menu which allows you to select the version required, in ...
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paraView wont boot after latest updates

A workaround this issue is to deactivate GL on paraview. The following way of invoking paraFoam (or paraview) should do the trick: ParaView_GL="" paraFoam
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updated error but repo is not in the sources.list?

This error isn't as informative and one would like. I ran into the exact issue with speedtest-cli and a few other packages. I always resorted to removing the package and the reference in the sources....
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Kubernetes installation failing - Ubuntu 16.04

For Amogh and Guru, The reason this doesn't work anymore, as of January 31st 2024, is that K8s changed repo locations. See https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/pkgs-k8s-io-introduction/#how-to-...
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apt-get not working in ec2

You are using Amazon Linux instance. Launch new instance for ubuntu. see snip Accept the answer if worked
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How do I get package updates from Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu ESM doesn’t provide the latest versions via the subscription. However, security fixes are backported to the latest stable version released for the software version for that OS release. For ...
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A "failed to fetch" error occurs when apt-get update is run. How do I fix this?

I've had this happened before, Go to the update manager "software and sources" and download the updates from your home country server or try a different country's server, otherwise from the ...
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How do I get package updates from Ubuntu Pro

You will need to check out the Ubuntu Security Notices website and cross reference the CVE to see if a patched version from Ubuntu or Ubuntu Pro is available. You will also be able to verify if the ...
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Scrivener Appimage graphic display broken after Ubuntu update (Feb 27,2024)

Thanks so much Daniel T! The problem was in the Scrivener .config file. I deleted .config/Scrivener and .config/trolltech and restarted Scrivener. Scrivener opened and worked normally.
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Keyboard not working after update

This reported bug is related to what you describe: Ubuntu bug 2033271 Within that bug's comments, the following workaround was called out: At the terminal, enter sudoedit /etc/default/grub Enter your ...
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Software updater partial upgrade on 22.04

In my case, I ran apt list --installed, then looked for packages that had a similar description to the below: nvidia-settings/unknown,now 530.54.14-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,upgradable to 550.54.14-...
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Ubuntu CVE status interpretation, is the package really released?

I don't really understand your concern (or question) in complete detail, but here's my take on it: The package gnupg2 is a "transitional package" that simply installs the package gnupg (...
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Upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 on virtual machine on Azure fails

you just need to remove like that sudo apt remove linux-tools-5.4.0-1109-azure
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Fix broken /lib/modules/ and apt

Give the package manager what it wants for the purges: If it complains about a missing file, use touch and create the file, make missing directories. Package manager is too stupid to realize missing ...
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How to upgrade 20.04 enough to do a release-upgrade

I would suggest just doing a clean installation of 22.04 instead of trying to start old and then upgrade in place. A lot more can go wrong that way. However, if you INSIST on doing this, then replace ...
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How can I upgrade a package to a specific version?

With nobody's helpful comment, pointing to apt-pinning, I was able to come up with the following solution: You can pin a package to a specific version by creating a preference file for it (e. g. /etc/...
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problem to install anything

It seems that your server cannot get upgrade information from http://mariadb.mirrors.ovh.net, so you should change to another mirror of MariaDB. And you can get mirror-lists from https://mariadb.com/...
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Can't update Xubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa (LTS) to the next LTS release (22.04 Jammy)

This is a very tentative alternative I'm considering (reluctantly -- it is a lot of work): Install a fresh Focal in an empty partition (yes I have a few). Do a dpkg --get-selections on the old system,...
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How to convert a Linux binary from AMD64 to AARCH64 architecture?

I believe a very similar question has already been answered at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15756512/convert-binary-to-arm. In short, you must obtain the source code to compile a binary in the ...
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How to get rid of Ubuntu Pro advertisement when updating apt?

Deleting /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20apt-esm-hook.conf worked for me. Adding another apt hook that deletes it if it comes back echo ' APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/...
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how to create a local repo in ubuntu with specific packages that will serve update and installation request from client machines of all the distros

It is necessary to have the Apache server installed. Assuming your ip address is 192.168.0.23 We verify that it is correctly installed by entering with the web browser, http://192.168.0.23 The Apache ...
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Unable to update "Snap Store": cannot refresh "snap-store": snap "snap-store" has running apps (ubuntu-software)

To avoid the issue above and other related snap-store bugs and failings, a couple of months ago I removed snap-store: snap remove snap-store This leaves the snap system intact, but just removes the ...
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How can I dismiss "Software Updates Installed" notification?

To avoid the issue above and other related snap-store bugs and failings, a couple of months ago I removed snap-store: snap remove snap-store This leaves the snap system intact, but just removes the ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 - Unable to enable proposed

Your output shows that there was no lconv package in the -proposed pocket when you last ran apt update. Try apt update again, because it's there now: $ rmadison lcov [...] lcov | 1.15-1 | ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 - Unable to enable proposed

As popey said, it's unwise to enable proposed. You said your actual goal is "to pull latest fix for lcov", so let's do only that: Download the deb from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/...
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