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Updating Ubuntu & understanding errors thrown by APT

I am new to Ubuntu but I recently started using Ubuntu on my laptop for almost everything. I executed sudo apt-get update to update my system, but I do not understand the output. I don't know whether ...
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Red triangle with an exclamation mark Ubuntu 16.04

so I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and the red exclamation mark just appeared. What can I do?? but everything is up to date on the computer here's what I get, when I use the update/upgrade command: Ign:...
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sudo apt-get install got Unmet dependencies result [duplicate]

I have this error on Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-198-generic #230-Ubuntu SMP Sat Nov 28 01:30:29 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux: $ sudo apt-get -f install` Reading package lists... Done Building ...
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Can't Install Runescape (Broken Packages?) [duplicate]

Here is my Terminal readout. wublyfe@wublyfe-K53E:~$ sudo -s -- << EOF > wget -O - https://content.runescape.com/downloads/ubuntu/runescape.gpg.key | apt-key add - > mkdir -p /etc/apt/...
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Having trouble running update through terminal [duplicate]

After typing sudo apt-get update which I've done quite a bit in the past few months, (I am a new Linux user and kind of went in head first to try to teach myself) the two different error messages I'm ...
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apt-get update fails on Ubuntu 16.04 when I enable the google music manager ppa [duplicate]

Seems as if the pre-16.04 security key security is no longer sufficient. I'm not sure what to do to fix this. Or is this something google needs to fix on their end? moorepants@parvati:~$ sudo ...
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ubuntu 16.04 apt-get update error: File not found - /var/cuda-repo-8-0-rc/Packages [duplicate]

When I execute sudo apt-get update in Terminal, this error message appears. Can anyone help me? Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-8-0-rc InRelease Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-8-0-rc InRelease Get:2 file:/var/...
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Upgrade path from 16.04 to 20.04 LTS without GUI change

The situation: I have a couple of machines with modern hardware running 16.04 mainly used for scientific computations. With the new LTS on the horizon, I am looking to upgrade them to 20.04 with ...
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How to handle "invalid signature" in apt-get

Following an update to Focal, I had to revisit /etc/apt/sources* to update my third party repositories. One of the reposities is for the Yorba PPA at: https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ubuntu/ppa ...
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How can I get `apt-get update` to reflect error status in its exit code? [duplicate]

When running sudo apt-get update -q, sometimes I see things like Err:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/redis-server/ubuntu precise/main i386 Packages Could not connect to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (...
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Can't install CUDA 9.2 - Unable to locate package cuda [duplicate]

I have followed the installation steps described in this link using the package manager installation method for Ubuntu 16.04 I have a GeForce GTX 960M gcc --version returns: gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-...
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GPG error and apt-secure(8) errors. Unsigned keys and no release file [duplicate]

I have followed multiple threads to solve mainly the key errors and the apt-secure(8) error. For the key issue I have downloaded y-ppa manage but to my knowledge all it may have done is reduce the ...
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reprepro: Signature by key uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)

I'm hosting some internal repositories using reprepro. After the upgrade of the clients to Ubuntu 16.04, apt-get update gives a warning "InRelease: Signature by key ... uses weak digest algorithm (...
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W: Invalid 'Date' entry in Release file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/_var_cuda-repo-8-0-local_Release [duplicate]

When I run $ sudo apt-get update I get sudo apt-get update Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-8-0-local InRelease Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-8-0-local ...
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Errors on trying to update and upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [duplicate]

Upon trying to update using sudo apt update I get Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB] ...

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