Questions tagged [dist-upgrade]
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Why use apt-get upgrade instead of apt-get dist-upgrade?
I usually use apt-get update && apt-get upgrade to run my updates and upgrades instead of the GUI because it seems to run more quickly.
However, I've noticed lately that I often get a message that one of my upgrades was held back. I then usually…
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should `dist-upgrade` be followed with a reboot?
Following a periodic, in my case weekly, run of:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
is there much benefit from rebooting?
H2ONaCl
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apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't fix 'The following packages have been kept back'
I'm on ubuntu 12.04.Running sudo apt-get dist-upgrade is not upgrading some packages. I can't upgrade them with graphical Update Manager too.
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state…
moonstruck
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How to reinstall a apt-get dist-upgrade?
I already have the latest version of Ubuntu 12.04.1. I want to reinstall every package again (a dist-upgrade reinstall). How do i do that?
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade only works one time. I want to reinstall again (to fix some things I broke in…
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Gimp Fails to Load raw file (NEF) after upgrade to 12.10
I did and upgrade from (K)ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10. It all worked well -- except for Gimp.
Gimp 2.8 works fine but loading a .NEF file (a raw file from Nikon) fails with the message
Opening '/path/to/file/DSC_2605.NEF' failed:
Procedure…
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Could not perform immediate configuration on 'util-linux'
I am trying to do apt-get dist-upgrade but I get the error:
E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'util-linux'.Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)
How can I resolve this?
Albert
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I cant upgrade the Ubuntu distro version from terminal
When I enter sudo apt-get upgrade command in terminal, it finds some files to upgrade but not the Ubuntu new release. Any ideas?
Claypool
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12.04 to 12.10 thunderbird vs evolution
If I upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 what happens to my evolution? Will I have to use Thunderbird or will I have a choice?
theri
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Problem reinstall GRUB2
I tried to upgrade from 12.04 -> 12.10. The install seemed to go well but upon reboot, I get the grub recovery console.
I tried to reinstall using the boot-repair Boot Repair
which usually works a treat. However this time it says it is scanning my…
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Ubuntu 12.10 upgrade is stalled
My Ubuntu is upgrading to 12.10 at the moment but since 4 hours or more I see only previous packages get restored and nothing happen.
If I exit the upgrading now is all my previous data lost or does the Computer boot my old Ubuntu? I had a problem…
Wuchtbrumme123
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Saving Virtualbox state during dist-upgrade?
I am wondering if I am going to do any harm to my virtual system if I save it's state and close the VM while it is in the middle of a dist-upgrade?
Afaik saving the state allows you to resume it with the system being unaware that anything has even…
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Ubuntu all screwy after dist-upgrade. How do I revert the damage?
After last night's kernel upgrade I'm getting the following symptoms:
After restarting computer several times.
One of my screens (always the same one) is split down the middle. Not always in the same place, and sometimes shows "trails".
Unity…
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Battery died when updating from 12.04 to 12.10
I started the update and went to sleep but I forgot to plugin AC adapter.
When i woke up, laptop was off. I plugged in the AC cord and turned it on.
Ubuntu boots and it is on 12.10 but may items are missing and neither gnome nor unity seem to work…
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I can't upgrade to 12.10 Quantal Quetzal
After hearing about some of the features in 12.10, I decided to upgrade my Ubuntu from 12.04 LTS to the newer 12.10. However, when I try to upgrade it, I start the update manager, like always, and I start the distro upgrade, just like I do every…
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Upgrading kubuntu to version 12.10 stops
It's on the step "Installing the upgrades", says it's "Configuring virtuoso-opensource-6.1", and the last line in the log is "Unpacking linux-headers-3.5.0-17 (from .../linux-headers-3.5.0-17_3.5.0-17.28_all.deb) ..."
.. And the application just…
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