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themagicmanfromtrent
December 22nd, 2008, 02:17 PM
Ubuntu, for some strange and malformed reason, will not allow me to install any updates.

I get the "There are 161 Updates available arrow in the top right corner, and I click on it, where it displays all the updates available - in this case a total of 151MB. I then click install and it asks me for my password. I type in my password, and wait. It says reading package information, and then goes back to how it was before, after doing nothing.

How productive.

Can anyone help with this?

Kevbert
December 22nd, 2008, 02:33 PM
Please enter the following in terminal and post the result:

sudo apt-get update
What version of Ubuntu are you using ? You can find this out in terminal with

uname-a
Please also post your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

themagicmanfromtrent
December 22nd, 2008, 04:49 PM
dannyl@DAN:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com intrepid/partner Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/universe Sources
Reading package lists... Done


Ibex:


Linux DAN 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

taurus
December 22nd, 2008, 05:14 PM
Now run


sudo apt-get upgrade

Kevbert
December 22nd, 2008, 05:47 PM
Am I right in saying that proposed updates should not be selected, in Software Sources, due to stability or dependency issues ?

themagicmanfromtrent
January 20th, 2009, 06:31 PM
turns out i had to remove the lock file:

(/var/cache/apt/archives/lock)

Thanks for your help!