[aklug] Re: Ubuntu issues

From: William Attwood <wattwood@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Mar 03 2010 - 10:06:36 AKST

Tell him to open a Terminal and:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

If there are errors, it will prompt him with what to do to clean them up.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Jim MacDonald <jim@macdonald.org> wrote:

> I also think he is talking about the update manager. which is nothing =
> but a GUI for APT. and it's quite possible that his apt files are =
> corrupt. He should be able to run "apt-get update" from the command line =
> and that will tell him what the issue is and probably recommend a way to =
> correct it.
>
> Jim MacDonald
> jim@macdonald.org
>
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Jim Gribbin wrote:
>
> > I have an acquaintance using Ubuntu 9.10, so he tells me.
> > He tells me he is having difficulty updating the box using something
> > called the "download manager". Apparently it causes everything to =
> freeze
> > when he's attempting updates and he ends up power cycling his laptop =
> as
> > everything is unresponsive.
> >=20
> > I am not an Ubuntu or Debian user and am unfamiliar with the supplied
> > tools. Would anybody have some pointers I can pass on?
> >=20
> > I've been trying to encourage him to show up at a Friday night =
> session.
> > So far he's a no-show.
> >=20
> > Jim G
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