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Can't upgrade from 16.05 to 18.04 [duplicate]
So for more clarification from the last post i will redo it; Ok, so i used crouton to install Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome, and its nice, but little applications actually work...
I first tried the update ...
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Upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 [duplicate]
I have run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade
I then ran sudo apt-get dist-upgrade The output of this produced a long list headed "the following security updates require Ubuntu Pro ...
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Upgrade legacy 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS --- 'do-release-upgrade' shows many packages not found. Should I go through with it? [duplicate]
I'm new to programming and running software/OS updates, so I'm trying to be cautious, though my files are backed up just in case. I've included the full context of this upgrade process, so if you want ...
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Unable to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04 [duplicate]
I need to upgrade ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04.
When I use graphic interface, a pop-up windows tells me that all is updated and Ubuntu tells me that 18.04 must be installed first that it is normal.
But when ...
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The repository 'https://apt.repos.intel.com/mpi all Release' is no longer signed during `apt-get upgrade` in ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
I'm trying to upgrade ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04, but the first step gives me this error.
ckim@chan-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for ckim:
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-10-0-local-10.0.130-...
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Best Ubuntu for a 2016 Dell Inspiron 3537 [duplicate]
I want to know which you but it would be best for my Dell laptop. It’s preloaded with 12.04 currently its supporting 18.04 LTS bionic beaver however it 16.04 seems to be more stable can anyone offer ...
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Problem with the Synaptic Package Manager for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [duplicate]
For the last two years, I have not been able to do handle any changes, update or install new software as there is a major issue with the Synaptic Package Manager and also a similar situation occurs ...
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Cannot install R updates because they "requre installation of untrusted packages", can't update expired key either (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS)
I've had this problem for some time. First, I tried to update my software through Software Updater. I succeeded for all packages except the R (open source stat software) packages. I got the following ...
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How do I disable updates in Ubuntu 16.04.4 to install Xilinx PetaLinux?
I am continuously getting a message asking to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04.4 to Ubuntu 16.04.5. I would like to disable this message so I can keep using Ubuntu 16.04.4 to install Xilinx PetaLinux 2018.3.
The ...
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How to upgrade to ubuntu 18.04 version from 16.04 using terminal [duplicate]
I want to upgrade to ubuntu version 18.04 from 16.04.I have taken the backup.
My question is whether update manager will give options to select which version 18.04 or 20.04
as both are available and i ...
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS broke ZFS
I have delayed the update of my file server from 14.04LTS which I did yesterday. That upgrade totally broke ZFS.
I have tried everything I found on this site, like:
ZFS install on Ubuntu 16.04LTS
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I've just tried "sudo apt-get update" but it failed [duplicate]
I needed to add some libraries from git but when I tried updating it showed the following error "E: Malformed line 3 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list (type)
E: The ...
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My server is using Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS . Honestly, which version is the safest to update to? [closed]
I'm hosting just few websites + phpmyadmin , my server is using Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS . As of august 8 2020 , which version is the safest to update the server with ?
I'm going to use some CMS systems ...
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Problem alert after updating Ubuntu 16.04
In the last days I get some generic "Problem" window popping out after turning on the PC. This happens after I received the last suggested updates (three days ago?):
If I click on "...
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Being told to update apache due to Vulnerabilities
we are running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)..
Yesterday, I got an email from our main computing body asking us to upgrade Apache due to vulnerabilities in version 2.4.43 and prior: ...
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Errors after upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04!
After running a sudo apt update && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade I got broken python3 packages error (unmet dependencies) but I didn't bother to correct it and rather went for a reboot. After ...
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I have a machine on 16.04 but need to update it before April 2021. Will 18.04 still be available on software updates up until April 2021? [duplicate]
Like the title says, I have a very stable machine running 16.04 at the moment and I'm thinking of updating it to 18.04 (and then maybe 20.04 after). I will want to go the update route rather than a ...
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sudo apt-get update display message connecting for infinite time
sudo apt-get update display message connecting for a long time and later time-out error is thrown. I have also tired cleaned up /var/lib/apt/lists/* and I have tried all the help from google but no ...
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I wanted to upgrade OS from 16 to 18 through CLI [duplicate]
First, I used this command
Sudo apt update
The result was this
sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease ...
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16.04 unmet dependencies
I have 16.04 on a dell 390 . 16.04 was installed 2 or 3 yrs ago and a number of updates were done over time. At some point i believe updates stopped. I have recently tried to fully update and i get a ...
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CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile
I am trying to upgrade a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server to 16.04. But when ever I ran sudo http_proxy="http://usrid:[email protected]:8080" apt update it returns following error:
Error message
Err http://...
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Which updates can I do without having to reboot
My current situation does not allow me to reboot my computer for a while. So how do I know which updates I can do without needing to do a reboot later? Should I just do every update which doesn't ...
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Slow apt-get update on 16.04 LTS
I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and running apt-get update takes too much time (more than 30 minutes). Installing packages afterwards is very fast. I have decent Internet connection (~100 MB/s download speed),...
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will upgrading ubuntu to 16.04 change my ruby version?
Will upgrading ubuntu version from 14.04 to 16 upgrade my ruby version 1.9.3 to its latest? I don't mind keeping multiple versions but it shouldn't delete the old one.
These are the upgrade steps I ...
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Update virtualized ubuntu server 14.04.6 to 16.04 - error No new release found
I am trying to update a virtualized Ubuntu server 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS by ssh (Putty).
I have tried multiple methods and they all indicate "No new release found"
Ubuntio information is
No LSB ...
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E: Failed to fetch 404 <URL> Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.174 80] error when I run apt-get update [duplicate]
When I execute the sudo apt-get update command, I'm encountering with the following error:
E: Failed to fetch
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-arm64/Packages
404 ...
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Does anyone know where to find a good source of Linux update repositories?
Whenever I attempt to update using apt-get update my Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine runs into these errors
W: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security Release' does not have a ...
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Idle memory increased about 20% after recent ubuntu 16.04 update
I updated my system to get latest firefox 70 using the usual method.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Before the update my system's idle memory usage was near 30 percentage and after the new update ...
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ClamAV: clamd.ctl file is not getting created on ubuntu
I have ubuntu 16.04.6 version and I'm trying to install & run the clamdscan on it to check for antiviruses.
I've used the installation instructions as given in their website. ie.
sudo apt-get ...
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Fail to apt-get update and Unable to find expected entry of sources. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [duplicate]
This is what the terminal shows.
$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates ...
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I updated the Nvidia drivers and now I can't get to the login screen
I'm aware that this is apparently a fairly common problem and I've been looking to find a fix that works for me, but so far everything that's been suggested in other answers hasn't worked.
My system:
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Unable to update my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I am trying to update the ubuntu by root@sachin-verma: sudo apt-get update
It ignores all the packages like:
Ign:1 http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb InRelease
Ign:2 http://archive....
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sudo apt-get update failes with an Hash Sum mismatch error [duplicate]
As can be seen on the title, I got the "Failed to fetch... Hash Sum mismatch" Error. I have tried this method:
Deleting /var/lib/apt/lists/* does not work...
Thinking, if I'm behind a proxy, I tried ...
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apt-get reports "dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers"
In my other question about how to Suppress command line questions during package installation I found an answer. Unfortunately I'm already stuck with the next problem.
The apt-get command (to be more ...
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16.04 Unable to fetch some archives [duplicate]
I've tried everything to fix the error E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?.
I've tried cleaning the apt-get system, using install -f, obviously using ...
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could not reslove 'packages.ros.org.ros'
I have recently installed Ubuntu version 16.04 and trying to install ROS kinetic on my laptop. However, I got stuck at this point where after running sudo apt-get update.
This is the result:
Err:1 ...
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Surpress command line questions during package installation
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 based appliance in which packages from the public repository are installed. But not directly using the public repository. Instead an update server is used which downloads the ...
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Software Updater Problem on 16.04 LTS (ppc)
Software Updater has stopped giving me updates. No matter what I check from "Software Updater box, nothing changes.
It seems like there are not updates for my system anymore. However, this should not ...
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Which option to choose when package distributor has shipped an updated version?
Advanced settings after selecting dpkg fix broken packages:
Configuration file '/etc/gnome/defaults.list'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has ...
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Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (2: No such file or directory) [duplicate]
I am trying to run sudo apt-get upgrade but it is showing the below error message:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: Unable to acquire ...
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What to do with KEYEXPIRED 1555048520 on updating Google Chrome and Earth repositories?
When I run sudo apt-get update on my fully updated Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS I get the following errors about Google repositories:
$ sudo apt update
...
Err:20 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable ...
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Error while updating ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
I am using ubuntu 16.04 in my Dell laptop and since some time I am getting an error message
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-security/restricted/dep11/Components-...
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Do I get updates for Kubuntu 16.04 after April 2019?
I'm using Kubuntu 16.04.6 with the kernel 4.4.0-143. On the Kubuntu website, it is stated that the support will be ended by April 2019, but most of the packages and kernel updates are based on Ubuntu ...
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Patching an upgraded version
EDIT (ADDED): I am unable to patch after doing do-release-upgrade from 14 to 16. It is very clear that there is a newer kernel and file package based on scanning the security notices, but they are not ...
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Dell Precision 7520 laptop with preinstalled Ubuntu 16.04. Software Update failed on a wifi update and broke it [duplicate]
On March 16, 2019 I ran the software update checker and told it to install all updates. (Up-to-date as of the previous week if not later.)
One update, for wifi, failed. I did not log its name ...
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Kernel and OS Versioning [duplicate]
Can you run 4.15 kernel on Ubuntu 16.04? The broader question is what is the relationship between kernel versioning and OS versioning? When do you need to upgrade your OS to run a new kernel? I am ...
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certbot version updgrade not implemented
I want to update certbot to cope with following topic:
How to stop using TLS-SNI-01 with Certbot
Before updgrade: certbot --version returns: certbot 0.26.1
As instructed in How to stop using TLS-...
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My ubuntu 16.04 failed load kernel when boot and stuck in tty
Ubuntu 16.04 I failed to load the kernel at boot and I was directed to the tty1 terminal, I was looking for it on google, how to fix it and find it
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get update
apt-get dist-...
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Update from 16.04 LTS issues
I click Software & Updates, then the Updates tab.
I click the dropdown for "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version:" and try to pick "For any new version." The option does NOT change from "For long-...
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System running in low-graphics mode on Dell system after software update
I'm using a Ubuntu pre-installed Dell system equipped with AMD graphics, and it is running a Ubuntu 16.04.
After a on-line update by sudo apt upgrade and reboot, I found my system is running in low-...
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