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Upgrading from Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal)
I just recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop with no problems whatsoever. I'm just now learning that 9.04 is unsupported and it's making installing software difficult. I came to the conclusion ...
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Errors when updating package list with apt-get on (K)ubuntu
I get some errors when trying to update the package list with sudo apt-get update command, specifically the error messages are as follows:
W: GPG error: http://dl.google.com stable Release: The ...
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Update Stalled: Bad Hard Drive
So, I'm on virtually a fresh install (made some configuration changes and installed/uninstalled a few programs.
I decided to run Ubuntu update manager, but apparently one of my hard disks is bad ...
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Update manager is not working on Efika MX (Ubuntu Maverick)
When I try to update using the Update manager, I get the following error message:
Failed to download repository information: Check your Internet connection.
W:Failed to fetch ...
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How to disable Google Chrome downloads from Ubuntu updates?
How can I stop the Ubuntu Update from trying to download Google Chrome when it notifies me of updates?
I uncheck it every time, but it keeps coming back.
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Ubuntu 12.10 not working after update attempt
I recently attempted to update my ubuntu operating system to the lastest version. Once I restarted the computer is was messed up. The internet doesn't work, the mouse doesn't work, and the alignment ...
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Not able to start update manager on Ubuntu12.10
Recently I updated to Ubuntu 12.10 But now I am not able to launch update manager. Whenever I try to launch it I see the following error on console.
(update-manager:4686): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 froze during update, won't boot [closed]
I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop, and every time i tried to update it, it would freeze for a few seconds, and tell me that the updates could not be downloaded. After many, many tries ...
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Why don't applications update by calculating difference?
I have Ubuntu computers and an Android phone, and it's always perplexed me why the default update manager on Ubuntu and Google Play on the phone don't update existing versions of applications by ...
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Confirm Ubuntu updates
Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed that my Ubuntu 11.10 installation has had many security related updates, including changes to CA Certificates.
Is there Ubuntu web page that lists all ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu 10.10: The Update Manager Will Not Authenticate
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10. The update manager came up the other day. However, when I hit the "Authenticate" button, nothing happens --- I've let it sit for about 5 min?
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Ubuntu / Windows 7 Dual Boot, Can't update Ubuntu
So I installed Ubuntu (9.04, I believe) on my Windows 7 partition, booted into Ubuntu and I can't update any software:
"Could not download all repository indexes"
... and then a list of "Fail to ...
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How do I prevent Ubuntu from updating certain packages?
I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on a Thinkpad machine. Recently I installed NVidia CUDA on it. The installation was successful, thanks to this very helpful guide.
Unfortunately, the X server stopped ...
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Does the Latest Ubuntu Download (.iso file) contain latest fixes?
If I go to the website and download the ISO file is it the exact same one that was released in April or will it contain the latest patches (e.g. security fixes, etc) that have been release since then? ...
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Grub doesn't load Ubuntu 10.10 after update
I recently installed a lot of updates for Ubuntu 10.10, since 11.04 didn't work on my system (Lenovo x201).
Today after the update, grub still exists and lists all OS on boot-up. Starting Windows 7 ...
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installing the latest R version (2.13.0) on Ubuntu 11.04
I just upgraded my Ubuntu desktop 10.10 to 11.04. I everything works fine except when trying to update the current R 2.12.1 to R 2.13.0.
I followed the readme:
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Ubuntu 11 Beta 2 update to RC and then Final
I want to install Ubuntu 11 in its latest state (Beta 2)....but I don't want to reinstall everything when the Final comes out.
Can I update it from Beta 2 without reinstalling everything from a ...
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How to disable constant updates on ubuntu?
On ubuntu netbook remixed the system keeps listing dozens of updates that can be installed.
How do I disable updates for all the unknown programs?
Is there a way to ignore most other than the really ...
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Update Picasa 3.8 from Picasa 3.5 in Ubunt
I have installed Picasa 3.5 in ubuntu by some of the ways mentioned here, I wonder if similar can be done for installing Picasa 3.8? Anyone tried this before? If yes, what will happen to the facetag ...
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Update manager cannot connect to internet in Ubuntu 10.10
Update manager and software center fail to update/install due to network connection error. Synaptic can connect, so can web browser and mail application.
I am using a proxy to connect to the ...
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2answers
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ubuntu update went wrong, pc doesnt boot, how can I repair it?
I let the PC install lots of updates at once and after restart, I got a console screen with an error message saying something about udevadm. Google told me it's a known bug caused by the system ...
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1answer
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 failed because of a deb file cannot be downloaded
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and excited to head off to 10.10.
The problem is when I tried to perform upgrade using update-manager -d, when all but the last file were all downloaded, suddenly the update ...
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Update firefox to newest version in Linux
The newest version of Firefox is not showing in the software package manager so I went to the website and downloaded it. After uncompressing it, there isn't a makefile. It looks like this can be run ...
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Software Update in Ubuntu? (Non-APT)
I'm looking for a system to update software WITHOUT using the Ubuntu repositories. In other words, for my own project, not in the Canonical repositories, is there software that will allow you to ...
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How to update Thunderbird in Ubuntu
I have Thunderbird version 3.0.5 and nowadays newer version Thunderbird 3.1 is available.
How can I update my Thunderbird under Ubuntu?
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ubuntu update problem: freezes on “preparing to update mysql-server-5.1”
I'm trying to update my ubuntu desktop. When it tries to update mysql-server-5.1, it freezes up saying preparing to update mysql-server-5.1.
It won't let me do any other updates, because it says ...
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How to install just security updates via the command line on Ubuntu?
I can't find anything on Google that could help me to use aptitude to install only security updates using command line on Ubuntu.
I tried this: ...
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update samba on ubuntu 8.04ltr
I have had a few problems getting windows 7 pc's to join my samba domain.
The reason I've gathered is because the samba server software is outdated.
What is involved in updating to the newest 3.5.x ...
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2answers
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How to recover the ubuntu system?
I istalled the ubuntu virtual machine on vmware. However, one time the disk was full, the system was installing some updates, it quit without giving any message. Now the system is crashed, I can not ...
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Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu 9.04 doesn’t work without proxy
I'm on Ubuntu 9.04. I've updated Firefox with ubuntuzilla. Now Firefox forks only via proxy. How can I fix this?
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1answer
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Update Maven version in Ubuntu 8.1
My ubuntu has maven 2.0.9 version installed, but now i want to update to the newest version.
Altough Im not the root, I have downloaded maven latest version, modified the M2_HOME in .bashrc file with ...
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1answer
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Latest Karmic Ubuntu update broke system
Today I installed updates for my ubuntu and there were some problems. It said that it can't do everything, but there was an option to continue. It wanted to remove a lot of packages and during that ...
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New install indicator while install updating on Ubuntu
In the update manager of ubuntu I see several libraries marked with New Install.
I don't know what is the benefit I can get from that New Install?
What if I just want a normal upgrade, not a New ...
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firefox restarting problem in ubuntu
i'm using ubuntu 8.10 . now i updated firefox it doesn't result any error. when i open it the back,refresh buttons are not working and always shows "Your browser has been updated and needs to be ...
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Ubuntu Update Manager fails to download packages
I'm using Ubuntu 9.10.
When there are packages update available, the Update Manager fails to download them, with the error message "[ftp://remote/file/blah.deb] not found".
But, if I open a terminal ...
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Why is apt-get trying to install linux-image? (and how can I stop it?)
The other day, I tried to update Abiword by running the command sudo apt-get update abiword. Obviously, it didn't work, but I had no idea how badly it would fail. apt-get began installing several ...
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How do I update my Firefox in Ubuntu?
How do I update my Firefox in Ubuntu.
i.e. I want a newer version
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Grayed Out Ubuntu Distribution Updates
As shown in the screen-shot below, there are two updates under distribution updates that have been there for a couple of months now. These updates are not click-able and I see no way to get rid of ...
