Questions about the graphical interface update-manager, as opposed to the command line apt-get.
Questions tagged [update-manager]
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What do I select for "GRUB install devices" after an update?
After running Update Manager, a debconf window (titled "Configuring grub-pc"), popped up, requiring me to select the appropriateGRUB install devices for my system. I've made no changes to grub or the filesystem recently, and I don't remember what…
belacqua
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Problem with update-manager: No module named 'apt_pkg' in Ubuntu 13.10, having installed Python 3.4 on /usr/local/lib
I'm rather new to Ubuntu and I'm trying to run update-manager on Ubuntu 13.10. I get:
jacopo@jacopo-laptop:~$ update-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 28, in
from gi.repository import…
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How to disable the update manager popup?
I configured this:
Automatically check for updates: Never
But the update manager keeps poping up against my wishes, I have no control. I feel like I'm using Windows again.
I want to be able to install updates from time to time, manually.
What can I…
ChocoDeveloper
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Upgrade to the specific php 7.1/7.2 from php 7.0 in Ubuntu 16.04
How can I upgrade to php 7.1 from php 7.0 in ubuntu 16.04 ?
If I do a php -v I get this message:
PHP 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 (cli) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
with…
Michele Carino
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"Require Installation Of Untrusted Packages" while upgrading with the update manager
It didn't fixed the error. So, how do I fix my GUI update?
For every software I have to install it from command line because I got same error when install software from Ubuntu Software Center.
One Zero
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How do I fix a "Failed to download package files" error?
After I installed Ubuntu , I cannot update any software with the error message "failed to download package files". After having googled, I have tried:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
changed to another sources
But I still got the same…
wang.xueqiang
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E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages
I am not sure what caused this error, but here is what the whole error says, and also this is sitting as a notification, and preventing me from updating any software using Update Manager - Please provide some assistance or tell me how to figure out…
Jesse
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Why does apt-get not require restarts, where the update manager does?
Oftentimes I try to ‘beat’ the update manager by opening a console and entering the sequence
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
which, to the best of my knowledge, should update all packages to their newest stable releases. The update manager…
Jan
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Updated from 16.04 to 16.10; the keyboard and mouse no longer works after getting to the lock screen
So I just updated to 16.10 (just got 16.04 a few weeks ago, still new to Linux). The keyboard still works when I need to enter my password to unencrypt the lvm drive, but stops working (along with the mouse) when I get to the login screen. Is this a…
Bowdens
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Not enough space on /tmp
I'm not able to run update manager as I get an error saying that there is not enough free space in the /tmp directory. I've practically cleaned out the tmp directory but the error persists.
here's df-h
/dev/loop0 13G 11G 952M 92% /
udev …
seeker
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Update Manager bug: Encountered a section with no Package: header
I tried to do an update to my system (12.04 LTA 64bit, on ACER aspire V5) got this:
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the…
user273913
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Upgrade manager wants me to do a partial upgrade
So here is my story...
I was doing upgrades to ubuntu the other day, and the power went out right in the middle of the upgrade, so now when I try to do upgrades it keeps asking me if I want to do a partial upgrade. I have heard this is bad and…
TheXed
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Cannot upgrade from Ubuntu 23.10 or 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04
The new Ubuntu 24.04 has been release but I can't upgrade the system using the update manager, because nothing appears. I have Ubuntu 23.10. I tried to change to long term releases and back to any version to no avail.
I don't know what I can do to…
Tiago Earth
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sudo apt-get update failing - "could not open" list file due to "permission denied"
For the last week or more, running sudo apt-get update culminates in error:
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml
Could not open file…
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