View Full Version : [ubuntu] Update manager not working
leifwi
May 25th, 2011, 11:11 AM
The update manager is showing available updates, but when I klick the install button, the activity indicator rotates for a few seconds, after that nothing happens.
I have a similar problem with the date and time application. When I select it from the menu nothing happens.
The computer is a Thinkpad T41 with ubuntu 11.04.
mörgæs
May 25th, 2011, 12:07 PM
What happens if you boot the computer and run
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
?
leifwi
May 25th, 2011, 12:40 PM
I have tried the
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
and that installed a lot of updates, but did not solve the original problem.
I did not try the "clean" option, because I had just made a clean installation of the 11.04 (not upgrade from the previous version).
mörgæs
May 25th, 2011, 04:37 PM
'Clean' in this context only means that old cached packages are removed. It is a good routine for saving space.
I don't get it completely - what is the problem now, after you are able to install the updates?
leifwi
May 25th, 2011, 04:46 PM
The original problems still remain. The update manager (System/Administration/update manager) GUI, and the Date and Time GUI are still not working. When trying them the activity indicator rotates for a few seconds and after that nothing happens.
leifwi
May 25th, 2011, 04:55 PM
In addition to the previous. I can see the available updates, but when I click the install button nothing happens.
plucky
May 25th, 2011, 06:11 PM
In addition to the previous. I can see the available updates, but when I click the install button nothing happens.
Are the updates ticked?
If they are not,then try
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Good Luck
leifwi
May 25th, 2011, 06:25 PM
Yes they are ticked. I can also untick or tick any item, but after pressing the install button nothing happens. In the previou version (10.04) I was promted for a password.
mörgæs
May 25th, 2011, 06:45 PM
I wouldn't bother with Update Manager, as long as apt is working. Update Manager calls an apt-process anyway behind the curtain.
leifwi
May 25th, 2011, 07:17 PM
The same problem is also with the date and time setting. When I select that in the Administration menu, nothing happens. There is probably a way around that also, but in general, if a GUI is available for something one would expect it should work, or is to much to ask?
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