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Re: Ubuntu update failure

From Desk Rabbit <me@example.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Ubuntu update failure
Date 2016-10-13 17:15 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <ntobtn$nu$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> (permalink)
References <ntob93$uco$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org>

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On 13/10/2016 17:04, Desk Rabbit wrote:
> So our dashboard announced that that an update was available 14.04 --> 16.04
> 
> It failed with "The required dependency 'apt (>= 1.0.1ubuntu2.13)' is
> not installed."
> 
> Here we go again, a simple job made difficult, thanks Desktop Linux. It
> would be too simple to install the missing dependency yourself wouldn't it?
> 

A quick scan of the Ubuntu forums show this as a common problem with
lots of solutions that don't work. I was contemplating switching this
old PC for a Windows on a stick PC, might just bring that project forward.

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Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-13 17:04 +0100
  Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-13 17:15 +0100
    Re: Ubuntu update failure "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-14 12:47 +0000
      Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-14 14:28 +0100
        Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 13:33 +0000
          Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-14 14:49 +0100
            Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 13:53 +0000
              Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-17 21:34 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-17 21:54 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 09:45 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-18 12:18 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-18 13:06 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 14:29 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-18 15:29 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-19 12:53 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 14:31 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-18 16:27 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-18 18:38 +0200
                Re: Ubuntu update failure chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-18 12:49 -0500
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-18 19:14 -0400
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-19 00:18 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-19 13:07 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-19 13:02 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 17:24 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-19 19:07 +0000
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-19 13:01 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-19 14:21 +0200
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-19 14:25 +0100
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-19 10:56 -0400
                Re: Ubuntu update failure Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-19 11:20 -0400
  Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-14 12:18 +0100
    Re: Ubuntu update failure Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-14 13:38 +0200
      Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 12:28 +0000
      Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-14 14:16 +0100
        Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 13:20 +0000
    Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 12:26 +0000
  Re: Ubuntu update failure fr314159@gmail.com - 2016-10-14 06:37 -0700
    Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 13:39 +0000
      Re: Ubuntu update failure Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-14 14:47 +0100
  Re: Ubuntu update failure Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-10-17 00:01 +0200

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