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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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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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How to select only certain updates on Ubuntu Server 16.04?
I am trying to find out how I can select what updates I want to install vs. installing everything available on Ubuntu Server 16.04. Does anyone know how I can do this?
Thanks,
Donny T.
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Cannot connect to compute nodes after updating ubuntu server 16.04
I made the mistake to update my ubuntu server the usual way:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
I updated and rebooted each node and then the main node. As a ...
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Ubuntu server - how to stay on lts version?
We are using Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS server edition. During installation automatic updates was enabled. After installation OS service packs were updated and everything went on smoothly.
We suddenly got ...
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apt-get update GPG error
I've been searching for a solution for this most of the day, but none of my googling has had any results that work for my case.
I have a server running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (4.4.0-98-generic).
Today, ...
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How do you check systemd update content? [duplicate]
I am thinking of updating an Ubuntu server, and was wondering whether to update systemd or not. However, I am not certain how to inspect the contents of the systemd update. The output of apt list --...
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16.04 - apt-get update 0% [Waiting for headers]
I'm going nuts here. Perhaps I'm just an idiot. I have a remote server colocated in a data center. I initially built the server on a local network and then dispatched it to the facility. I currently ...
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Installing SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 failure
I have been trying to install SQL server and been following https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu
Here are the results;
$ curl https://packages.microsoft.com/...
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How do I see what updates are a available in the terminal
I have a server running Ubuntu 16, how do I find out what are the security updates and apply them?
How to choose the ones I want?
How do I know if they will not interfere with running app?
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Why Can't Ubuntu Server 16.04 Update After Install
I am brand new to Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server. My aim is to set up a Plex media server using Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS. Ubuntu has been successfully installed on my system which has a hard wired internet ...
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Failed to fetch error: Tried everything from changing Server to changing /etc/resolv.config and /etc/apt/sources.list
I have been running Ubuntu 16.04 for the last 4-5 months however, from yesterday I'm facing this problem.
When I try to update or upgrade my system using:
sudo apt-get upgrade
I get this as the ...
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Security Updates make server software not work anymore
How often happens that automatic security updates make some standard webserver daemons (like LAMP or SSH or FTP or TOMCAT) not work properly anymore.
I run a basic webserver with Ubuntu 16.4 LTS on ...
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Email notification about automatic installed security updates [duplicate]
Is there a way to get an Email-notifications when Ubuntu make an automatic security update?
It should contain something like: the name of the update and what is updated. for example: so i can check ...
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motd message doesn't update
I recently tried to modify the motd on my ubuntu 16.04 server machine. i went to the files located in /etc/update-motd.d/ and modified the 00-header script file to test if it was going to work.
I ...
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nginx fails to update after upgrade to 16.04 server
I upgraded from 14.04 server to 16.04 server. I have always used the official nginx packages, because I needed support for things like SPDY and HTTP2 which were not in the 14.04 version of nginx. ...
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