Unable to run normal updates in 10.04

**dbclinton** · May 23rd, 2012

Hi,
I'm running 10.04 LTS (which is supposed to be supported until April, 2013) and I am now unable to run normal updates. When trying (using the Update Manager GUI), I am told:

Not all updates can be installed.
Run a partial upgrade, to install as many updates as possible.

...I hit the "Close" button rather than the "Partial Upgrade" for two reasons:
One, I don't WANT to upgrade,
Two, I've heard that the partial upgrade is likely to break critical packages.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Thanks,
David

**blackbird34** · May 24th, 2012

"Partial upgrade" refers to updating your packages, as in the terminal command "sudo apt-get upgrade", which updates all your packages to the latest version available for your version of Ubuntu.
Thus "Partial Upgrade" does not mean you are suddenly going to end up with Ubuntu 10.10 or 12.04, it should be perfectly safe to go ahead.

**dbclinton** · May 24th, 2012

Thanks.
I'm still a bit nervous about a partial upgrade. See this...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1751299

**blackbird34** · May 24th, 2012

Oh right. But it looks like that post is about the development branch, doesn't it ?

**dcstar** · May 24th, 2012

Originally Posted by blackbird34

"Partial upgrade" refers to updating your packages, as in the terminal command "sudo apt-get upgrade", which updates all your packages to the latest version available for your version of Ubuntu.
Thus "Partial Upgrade" does not mean you are suddenly going to end up with Ubuntu 10.10 or 12.04, it should be perfectly safe to go ahead.

+1 There is no issue here except user paranoia.