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update-notifier crashed with sigsegv

update-notifier crashed with sigsegv on newly installed Ubuntu 22.04.
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How to run software updater once a day only? [duplicate]

It seems to me that software updater is running several times a day (Ubuntu 22.04). This consumes CPU and network resources, possibly at times when they are needed for more important things. The run ...
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how to stop system startup apps (like update-notifier, evolution*, etc.) to start at login

Using "startup applications" I can remove MY installed apps from the startup. But there are some system apps like update-notifier, evolution-addressbook-factory, evolution-alarm-notify (and ...
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Criteria used by update-notifier

I did a search for "update-notifier criteria used for determining when to update" but did not find anything. I have always been curious about the criteria used to determine when an update is ...
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Update notifier automatically re-enabled after updates?

I had disabled the GUI update notifier by selecting Preferences -> Software Updater -> Settings: Check for new updates: Never. Instead I wanted my apt-systemd-daily to do everything in ...
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Failed to update update-notifier, ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'debian'

I'm trying to update update-notifier and update-notifier-common, but I got this error messages instead. What should I do to fix the broken update? Setting up update-notifier-common (3.192.40.4) ... ...
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Why is update-notifier.desktop scanning /proc/3782/fd without permission?

Why is that, occasionally, update-notifier spits out a large number of "Permission denied" lines in journalctl? Dec 04 08:55:32 ML systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded. ...
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Update-notifier package doesn't notify on Kubuntu

Last week I installed Kubuntu and didn't like to update my packages through plasma-discover. I've really liked Ubuntu's update-notifier package, which also exists on Lubuntu (update-notifier-qt) and ...
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No update notifications for gnome-software: Which log to check?

I'm not getting update notifications (since a couple of months) for gnome-software though available updates (e.g. for snaps and flatpaks) show in the application and automatic updates are enabled. e.g....
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/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-system-locked wants to execute as root

just curious... about 30 minutes after turning on my laptop I've been suprised by a window asking me for root password. Its content was something like (translated): For executing '/usr/lib/update-...
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Linux e-mail notifier

I have Ubuntu Mate 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa) 64-bit. Please advise me how to be notified on my e-mails without continuously checking out e-mail boxes. Thank you.
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"System program problem detected do you want to report problem now ? Cancel | Report problem..."

Update-notifier shows: "System program problem detected do you want to report problem now ? Cancel | Report problem..." whenever I start ubuntu 18.04. I have reported problem many times and ...
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Why does update-notifier needs tons of additional packages to be installed?

I see some people have these motd scripts showing them information like: 23 packages can be updated. 0 updates are security updates. I did some research and found out these are provided by a package ...
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broken packages (update-notifier, update managticer) that disrupts all kind of installation using apt or apt-get or dpkg or even synap

since a long time , I am having problems whenever I install a package. for example, when i try to install alien package that's what I get: sudo apt-get install alien Reading package lists... Done ...
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Unattended-upgrades disagrees with update-notifier

Ubuntu Server 18 LTS here, with unattended-upgrades installed, and security repo enabled. It is working, as confirmed by tail /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log. Running sudo ...
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update-notifier-common error in Ubuntu 16.04

I always get an error saying Ubuntu 16.04 has experienced an internal error when the UI is loading. I checked for the reason and found:- ExecutablePath:- /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-...
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Update-notifier-common & flashplugin-installer errors

I'm new to Linux. I just dual booted Ubuntu 16.04 on a Windows 10 computer. Every time I try to install anything errors having to do with update-notifier-common and flashplugin-installer. Here is an ...
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Why do I see these messages while updating Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]

LC MESSAGES LC TYPE LC ALL as Default locale :No such file or directory. Please let me know how to correct this?
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Updater-notifier-common wont install on 16.10 OVH

I've recently done a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety onto my OVH server but it seemed to come missing a large amount of basic things such as most of my system tools, no mousepad, nano, curl, ...
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In 14.04 Packages/reboot warnings in motd take an additional login to show up

Note: This is not a new problem and has been going on for a while. If you log in via SSH when new updates are available or after installing updates, the MOTD doesn't reflect the last changes you've ...
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Software Updater Not Automatically Launching Any More

I run Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit and (if this is relevant) use the Cinnamon desktop. When I first installed Ubuntu about a year and a half ago, the software updater would pop up automatically whenever ...
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