Questions tagged [software-updates]
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How check if new packages are available in Debian 12 without root privilegies
I know how check if new packages are available with root privilegies. But how can I do it from shell script without sudo or editing sudoers.
I'm using Debian 12 with openbox.
Thanks!
PS. I know about ...
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Can not update chrome in ubuntu
I am on Kubuntu 24.04 and I see when I open my Chrome browser the indication that New Chrome available and Chrome is out of date
I don't see chrome reported in my software updates so I run the ...
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Manjaro fails to open GUI of software manager (pamac-manager)
Since at least yesterday, my Manjaro (kernel 6.1.112-1) fails to open the GUI of the software manager. It is however able to open it in other instances: when the little icon reminds me, that there are ...
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System not loading default kernel on restart (RHEL 8)
I've got a weird one. I did some kernel updates. restarted, and it's still using the old kernel. I've seen an issue in the past on RHEL 7 where the default kernel sometimes fails to get updated, but ...
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How to determine which installation process I used to install an application
I use various way of installing application
apt install
snap install
.deb
But every time, when I need to update a program I struggled to find which method I use to install, therefore which method I ...
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How can I avoid errors from Software Updates trying to update old kernel versions?
I receive the following error message from the Software Updates function in Open Suse Leap:
There is no update candidate for kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.x86_64
This happens if I try ...
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Strange .deb dependency-problem in Linux Mint 22
I've come across a puzzling problem after upgrading Linux Mint from version 21.3 to 22. This is a HUGE upgrade, that probably updates every single package on the system. The upgrade went well and took ...
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SNAP STORE does not display files when I select a Proton VPN server. How can I fix that?
I run Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on an HP Elitebook 8460P with 8GB RAM and 250GB HDD storage space.
I use Proton VPN and login after Ubuntu boots to my desktop.
(I have the Kill switch set to the Advanced ...
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Mint 22 Update Manager fails to find package it says should be updated
After upgrading to Mint 22 (by following https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade-to-mint-22.html ) and rebooting, Update Manager advises I should update org.kde.Platform but when ...
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Mint update fails due to uninstalled package
Trying to update Linux Mint 21.3 before I start upgrading to 22
sudo apt update fails with:
Err:2 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
The following signatures couldn't be ...
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version `XCRYPT_2.0' not found after Update Debian 10 to Debian 12
I was instructed to upgrade Debian 10 to Debian 12. After the upgrade, I noticed that the ssh.service was not working. Now I found out that no 'apt' commands work. I can't install anything.
Here the ...
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add-app-repository fails due to connection problem (13: permission denied)
I am using the latest release version of Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS and tried to update my libre office to the latest version by adding the update information to the repository with "sudo add-apt-...
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How to prevent the re-creation of default mkinitcpio preset file upon kernel update?
Since I’m using custom mkinitcpio presets to generate UKIs, I deleted the default preset file inside /etc/mkinitcpio.d/ that came during system installation.
Unfortunately, when pacman updates the ...
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Mismatched versions warning when updating Node.js/NPM in Docker
In our Dockerfile we have:
FROM ghcr.io/puppeteer/puppeteer:latest AS pdf
WORKDIR /puppeteer
USER root
# Prerequisites
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install nginx -y
# Update
RUN npm update
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swupdate and target image size
I try to use swupdate to update my system. My swu file is pretty simple
software =
{ ...
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Should I run the KOreader AppImage as an executable or integrate it into my openSUSE Tumbleweed system?
I've downloaded the KOreader AppImage for my openSUSE Tumbleweed system, and I'm trying to decide whether I should run it directly as an executable or integrate it into my system by creating a desktop ...
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Remaining Packages after a Failed System Update
Ubuntu Update Manager stalled on the upgrade of a package (surfshark VPN). After quite some time, I have killed the entire process and rebooted. I have removed surfshark from my system, but when ...
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NixOS rebuild fails because some directories according to NIX_PATH do not exist
When I try to rebuild NixOS, it fails because it can't find some directories according to NIX_PATH. This happens since I tried to switch to the channel nixos-unstable from 23.11 and accidentally added ...
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Super-user privileges for Chromium browser
After apt-get install chromium and running it on Debian 12,
ps alx | grep -e ^F -e ^5.*chromium returns:
F UID PID PPID PRI NI VSZ RSS WCHAN STAT TTY TIME COMMAND
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Ubuntu 18.04 ETS - Update Apache to 2.4.58
We are using a Ubuntu 18.04 server for a service which will be retired later this year, and will not function above this version. Whereas the ideal solution would be to upgrade the OS, due to resource ...
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Error with sudo apt update. ign: 1 deb.debian.org
On my Debian Bookworm machine, packages using apt are not updated with errors Ign:1 deb.debian.org/debian bookworm Inrelease... Ign:2 security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm Inrelease... Ign:3 ...
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Linux Mint: Can I have timeshift take a snapshot automatically before updates are installed?
Because I'm paranoid, I'd like Timeshift to take a snapshot immediately before updates are automatically installed. Currently I have daily snapshots, and choose to install updates manually, but I'd ...
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The Ubuntu installation is faulty
I have installed the recommended two updates (Ubuntu) to 18.04 and since I can no longer open my writing files (LibreOffice). There is an error message BrokenCount>0 and that the package is ...
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Cannot update system due to kde apps on arch
I am not able to update my system on arch.
I am using
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.109.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
When I am running
sudo pacman -Syu
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bash get output from command
I try to make a script for macOS that informs me about available software updates:
result=$(softwareupdate -l)
if [[ $(echo $result) = *"No new software available."* ]]; then say yes;fi
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How to update programs compiled from source (from Github)?
I'm using Debian 12. I recently followed this guide (https://stopanddecrypt.medium.com/running-bitcoin-lightning-nodes-over-the-tor-network-2021-edition-489180297d5#13c5) to install some software, and ...
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Google Chrome got weird after last Debian 12 update
I installed Chrome on my new Lenovo Xiaoxin Pro laptop with Debian 12 KDE a month ago and all worked fine until recent update to 6.1.0-11 kernel.
Browser window is now scaled up with very big top ...
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Do .rpm files installed with rpm get update notices from dnf check-update?
This (longer set of instructions for ex: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux) shows how to get the repo installed and then goes on to dnf.
This direct .rpm (https://code.visualstudio.com/...
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Can't start up NetworkManager in Arch Linux: symbol loolkup error: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4: undefined symbol: libssh2_session_set_read_timeout
Last thursday I updated my Arch Linux installtion and when I rebooted on Friday my system had multiple problems. I'm new to the Arch Linux (or Linux in general) community and don't know what things I ...
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Updates on Manjaro Error message during update
I'm new to Manjaro, I have a little knowledge of Linux and I'm trying to learn more.
However I had a notification from Package Manager informing me that updates were available.
I then had a ...
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After a problematic software update OS boots only with SELinux disabled
I have Fedora 38.
The last software update messed up my system. It became unbootable. The reason probably was in having duplicate packages. I managed to fix dnf check errors by dnf remove --duplicates ...
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Does 'apt update' also update nmap's scripts?
I'm building a Linux OVA on a VM to scan stuff with nmap.
I'm using cron to keep my packages up to date:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
It's from my understanding ...
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Arch Linux can't detect drives after update without reboot
After I do updates with pacman -Syu, I always have this annoying problem that I can't connect any new USB devices (External hard drive, USB to serial etc.) to my computer until I reboot.
The problem ...
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Zorin doesn't install Dell firmware update
Regularly, I'm notified by Zorin's Software app that a Dell firmware update is available. It's always v1.11.0 > v1.25.0.
When clicking on “Install”, I'm asked to re-boot the system. After doing so, ...
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"Unable to lock database - Failed to synchronize databases"
I was trying to update the recommended stuff in my manjaro machine but this error occurred.
I have no idea how to solve it.
I was getting the error
Invalid or corrupted databases
so I updated the ...
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Google Chrome not updating in Deepin Linux after release update to 20.9
After release updating Deepin Linux to 20.9 and if you have previously installed Goggle Chrome you'll notice it can no longer be updated (specifically to version 112.xxx).
Downloading and trying to ...
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RHEL - keeping a specific kernel version, possible?
I was looking to keep a specific kernel version on my machine. To prevent it from being overridden or removed without having to grow or up the # of kernels the system keeps as my only solution as ...
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methodology [reposync?] for updating offline linux servers?
having servers that do not have an internet connection, what is the proper method for getting all necessary rpms so that a yum update does not fail because of dependency problems?
Is there any other ...
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Updating PHP from 8.0.x to 8.0.28 using dnf
Will this update PHP 8.0.25 to PHP 8.0.28?
dnf module reset php
dnf module enable php:remi-8.0
dnf update php\*
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Expanded Security Maintenance is not enabled on Ubuntu machine
Upon SSH'ing into my Ubuntu MATE 22.04 machine, I am greeted with:
Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.
in
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-60-generic x86_64)...
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Errors in installation & Update [duplicate]
I have an installation of Kali VM on VirtualBox, I've always installed new programs without any problems, but I haven't been able for a few days. For example, here are the errors when I try to install ...
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gnome-software: Could not activate remote peer
When I open gnome-software I get the following error:
I've looked at the verbose output from the app, but understand nothing:
$ echo '# kill existing processes'; killall gnome-software; echo '# done ...
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Restore Void Linux Install after breaking it by updating after 18 months
I have an old Apple PowerBook on which I dual boot Void Linux and Mac OSX Leopard. I had some hardware problems around July 2021 and it took until now for me to get it fixed.
When I got it working ...
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How to do only low impact upgrades/fixes of packages on a Debian/apt based system? (on testing/unstable)
Initial question (please see new question below)
EDIT: apparently, filtering on urgency would not be so efficient, so, please go below for amended question.
This question is quite the same than this ...
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ChromeOS won't update
This is the error code: I'm not sure what it means or what to do. I'm on a ChromeOS laptop
---- START OF UPGRADE ----
+ grep -q VERSION_CODENAME=stretch /etc/os-release
+ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=...
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How to prevent any kind of software from automatic check for updates?
I wanted to disable all automatic software updates so I went to gnome app Software > Update Preferences and Disabled the Automatic Updates toggle. However I still get update prompts for flatpaks. ...
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Automated patching of packages on upstream updates
Is there a way to automatically merge custom patches to upstream packages when they update? From what I gathered so far modifying source code requires you to maintain a separate fork of packages that ...
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error during opensuse 15.4 KDE plasma update
Today, during the installation of opensuse 15.4 KDE plasma update,the following error has been reported:
"the installed gio-branding-openSUSE-42.1-lp154.5.3.noarch requires 'libgio-2_0-0 = 2.70.4'...
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Fedora Server 36 - update process automatically closes user’s session
This latest Saturday and today, through VirtualBox for Fedora Server 36, as many times as I did do, was executed the sudo dnf update command, the password is written and
Starts to load and show some ...
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What is this update exactly designed for? (new BIOS?)
I own a rather older piece of server, Dell PowerEdge T20, with the latest BIOS version A20, link to Dell updates, screen of the update in case link goes dead in time:
This morning, when SSH'd into ...
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