add remove applications help

[kevlar93]

i can not get add/remove applications to work. The button "apply changes" never becomes click able. The updates also fail. What do i do to fix it?

I have an ipcop filtering all the internet. Could that be causing the problems? what websites would i have to allow to allow downloads?

[kostkon]

i can not get add/remove applications to work. The button "apply changes" never becomes click able. The updates also fail. What do i do to fix it?

I have an ipcop filtering all the internet. Could that be causing the problems? what websites would i have to allow to allow downloads?

Open a terminal (Applications → Accessories → Terminal) and give

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

it will ask your for your password.

Post any error messages here.

[kevlar93]

kevin@kevin:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for kevin:
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release

Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release [65.9kB]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
Fetched 66.0kB in 11s (5994B/s)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_US.bz2 Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 2
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
kevin@kevin:~$