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| From | Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Ubuntu update failure |
| Date | 2016-10-18 18:38 +0200 |
| Organization | DNLA GmbH |
| Message-ID | <nu5j53$ppv$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <e6c6b3F5tqU1@mid.individual.net> <nu3ck8$b1i$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <e6kvl5F2pu6U2@mid.individual.net> <nu587r$clm$2@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <e6n0rlFgqp8U1@mid.individual.net> |
Jim Polaski wrote: > On 2016-10-18, Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >> On 17/10/2016 22:54, Jim Polaski wrote: >>> On 2016-10-17, Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>> On 14/10/2016 14:53, Jim Polaski wrote: >>>>> On 2016-10-14, Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 14/10/2016 14:33, Jim Polaski wrote: >>>>>>> On 2016-10-14, Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> On 14/10/2016 13:47, Octavian W. Lagrange wrote: >>>>>>>>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Did the solution of being at the latest point release of 14.04 >>>>>>>>> before upgrading not work? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It should be up to date as I regularly update it but it looks like >>>>>>>> there is a problem. Currently I'm: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu >>>>>>>> DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04 >>>>>>>> DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty >>>>>>>> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When I run "sudo apt-get update" it fails with an error: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs: >>>>>>>> 1397BC53640DB551 >>>>>>>> W: Failed to fetch >>>>>>>> http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable >>>>>>>> to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file >>>>>>>> (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or >>>>>>>> old ones used instead. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So then I run sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com >>>>>>>> --recv-keys 1397BC53640DB551 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm left with: >>>>>>>> W: Failed to fetch >>>>>>>> http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable >>>>>>>> to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file >>>>>>>> (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or >>>>>>>> old ones used instead. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What a fucking mess and wasting so much time. Looks like Chrome is >>>>>>>> prevent the OS from being upgraded. WTF? Seriously WTF? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The only solution I've found so far that seems to have any chance >>>>>>>> of working is to backup the data, wipe and install 16.04 as a fresh >>>>>>>> install. Wow! Imagine if that was a Windows resolution, the Linux >>>>>>>> loons would have a field day but when it's a Linux solution, that's >>>>>>>> OK. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What's Canonical's policy for jumping 2 major levels? >>>>>>> Is it even officially supported? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> No idea but I think I've found the issue now. In "Software & Updates" >>>>>> manager, "Important security updates" and "Recommended updates" was >>>>>> not checked. It's now updating to the latest point release. Hopefully >>>>>> I'll be able to do the upgrade after it's finished. >>>>> >>>>> Sounds good. If it works and you have the time please share with the >>>>> Ubuntu community so other Linux users can benefit from your trouble >>>>> shooting. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yup it worked. The resulting update then took most of the day and kept >>>> wanting to overwrite config files I'd modified. After it finished and >>>> rebooted my Dashing dashboard refused to run. Ruby had been updated so >>>> I had to basically re-install it all, not a biggie but having done that >>>> none of my widgets worked because the update had completely removed PHP >>>> and all the addons such as curl and xml support. Why? FFS! WHY! >>> >>> You are /way/ over my head! >> >> Thanks, unlike many of the so-called advocates in here I do more with >> Linux than play on it in a basement. This particular system does real >> work in my business as it displays real-time information to the techs so >> they know how many open tickets we have and offline servers etc. > > I get the impression that most of the Linux advocates in COLA don't work > with Linux during their day jobs. While lying filth like "Desk Rabbit" don't work with linux ever
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Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 12:28 +0000
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Re: Ubuntu update failure Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-14 13:20 +0000
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Re: Ubuntu update failure Marti van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2016-10-17 00:01 +0200
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