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John Greenly Steel
June 5th, 2009, 04:42 PM
How do I deal with an update that does not work? All I get is an error message as follows:-

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic_2.6.24-19.41_i386.deb: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic' before installing new version

It was worse with the first 294 updates after I installed Ubuntu. 5 error were found and there was no way of skipping these that a beginner like me could fathom out. Why is it not fully automated?

I hate to say it but my WINDOWS system does all this automatically with no effort on my part!:(

zvacet
June 6th, 2009, 06:18 PM
Type in terminal


sudo apt-get -f install


sudo apt-get dpkg --configure -a

If you get any errors post it here.