Questions tagged [update-notifier]

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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) ... Traceback (most recent call last): File…
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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 Building dependency tree Reading state…
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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. Dec 04 08:55:56 ML pkexec[334886]:…
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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.
user1041353
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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 unattended-upgrade -v manually returns the same as the…
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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 example when I tried to install chrome: Setting up…
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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-notifier/package-system-locked' under superuser…
M_Ryan
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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, gedit .... the list goes on. I've managed to get a…
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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 done... unless you log out and then back in…
Powerlord
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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 needed when those popups say an update is available. Do…
fixit7
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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. OS Updates like this one or nvidia driver…
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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-downloader Package:- update-notifier-common…
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Why do I see these messages while updating Ubuntu 14.04

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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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 updates are available and prompt me to confirm that I…
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Failed Upgrade 22.04 to 24.04.1 (update-notifier and maybe more)

A few days ago I updated two machines from 22.04 to 24.04.1. While it ran through fine on one machine, the upgrading and installing of the packages aborted on the other one. So I did this, which worked: sudo apt --fix-broken install sudo apt…
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