Forced distribution upgrade

[JarG0n]

I keep getting a notification, when either running the update manager manually, or when clicking on the update notification, indicating:

"Not all updates can be installed

"Run a distribution upgrade, to install as many updates as possible.

This can be caused by an uncompleted upgrade, unofficial software packages, or by running a development version.

[Distribution Upgrade] [Close]
"

Can anyone tell me how to approach fixing this?

[JarG0n]

I just noticed after closing the distribution upgrade in the update manager, that there exists a "Distribution update" that has not been installed. It has been there for quite some time, before the forced Distribution Upgrade notices started occurring.

"Distribution updates"

libggi2
General Graphics interface runtime libraries
From version 1:2.0.5-1.1ubuntu2 to 1:2.2.1-4ubuntu1 (Size: 470 KB)"

I have never been able to even select/unselect this checkbox. It won't go away. There was an Mplayer upgrade that went along side this Distribution Update that appears to have disappeared from along side this seemingly permanent entry.

JarG0n

[bapoumba]

Hello,
please post your sources.list:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

From the error message, you should run:

sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

make sure you have no non-ubuntu repos in your sources.list.

[JarG0n]

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060531.2)]/ dapper main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main multiverse restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe main multiverse restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

##deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main multiverse restricted
##deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security universe main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates universe main
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

[JarG0n]

I don't know exactly what you mean by "From the error message, you should run", but I ran this command from terminal and it seemed to install the update that didn't want to go through.

sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Does the sources.list look ok? I'm not using any non-ubuntu sources that I can see.

[JarG0n]

Ok, after running sudo aptitude dist-upgrade, I started the Update Manager again, and it gave me the same message about running a distribution upgrade.

"Not all updates can be installed'

[bapoumba]

Please open your file with nano (a small text editor)

sudo nano -B /etc/apt/sources.list

Remove what is in red and add what is in green

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060531.2)]/ dapper main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main multiverse restricted universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe main multiverse restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

##deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main multiverse restricted
##deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security universe main universe multiverse
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates universe main
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

Save the file with CTRL-O (same name, hit <enter>)
Exit nano with CTRL-X

run:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-ugrade

edit : remove also the us. in the edgy-update repo (line below the cdrom in red)

[JarG0n]

Result from: sudo aptitude update

Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com edgy-security/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_edgy-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Result from: sudo aptitude dist-ugrade

asenn@asenn-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude dist-ugrade
Unknown command "dist-ugrade"

This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.



lol !!

Thanks for your help! We're not there yet, but getting close I think.

[bapoumba]

Result from: sudo aptitude update

Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com edgy-security/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_edgy-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Could you please paste your sources.list again ? The security repos for universe appears t be in duplicate from the error message, but I do not see it from the sources.list you've posted.

Result from: sudo aptitude dist-ugrade

sudo aptitude dist-upgrade, sorry there was a typo i my previous post :/

[etank]

On the third line from the bottom

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security universe main universe multiverse

universe is listed twice (see the red). Remove one of them and then

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade