Questions tagged [upgrade]
To upgrade is to replace a piece of hardware or software with a better, and usually newer, version or component.
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debian stretch missing do-rel.h after upgrade
debian 9 apt-get update;apt-get upgrade
now mplayer, mpv and chromium seg fault with similar errors; gdb /usr/bin/mpv says
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
elf_dynamic_do_Rela ...
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List Dependencies of Pending `pkg upgrade`
I wanted to update most of the stuff on my FreeBSD system, so I was going to perform a pkg upgrade. I noticed that one of the listed new packages to be installed was Wayland; I'm not interested in ...
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I want to update the glibc version from 2.17-222.el7.x86_64 to 2.17-260.el7
I want to update the glibc version from 2.17-222.el7.x86_64 to 2.17-260.el7. Will there be any effect ? IS 2.17-260.el7 compatible to centos 7.2 as all my machines are in centos 7.2 only.
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SSH session closed during apt upgrade, and is prompting for input. What are my options to continue?
I'm viewing /var/log/apt/term.log because the ssh session closed while it was running and my apt-get upgrade is prompting for input, but because I'm viewing the log I can't give input. What are my ...
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MediaWiki automatic upgrades
I use latest MediaWiki (either on Arch Linux or Debian stable) in a personal project - I'm the only one who works on it, and I use MediaWiki in a core-only way (I don't install any extensions ...
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Upgrade to Cosmic Cuttlefish window enlargens so that I cannot press the button to complete the upgrade
I know this may sound like a pretty odd question, and it's kind of hard to describe. I currently have Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, and by a popup given to me by the Ubuntu Software Updater I was asked ...
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Update postfix/mail version
When I'm checking my postfix version
postconf -d | grep mail_version
the output I get is
mail_version = 2.11.0 milter_macro_v = $mail_name $mail_version
But when I run apt-get install postfix, ...
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How i solve update problem in linux Kali [duplicate]
(appstreamcli:3159): GLib-CRITICAL **: 13:08:58.535: g_atomic_ref_count_dec: assertion 'g_atomic_int_get (arc) > 0' failed
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Why does upgrading through Ansible commonly considered “idempotent”?
I know that an idempotent function returns a result which is can be returned more than once without changing the application essentially (like adding zero to a number or multiplying that number by 1).
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Do rolling release distros like Arch Linux include kernel upgrades as part of their rolling upgrades?
Do fully rolling_release distros like ArchLinux, openSUSE, Alpine and so forth include kernel-upgrades as part of their rolling upgrades?
Or kernel upgrades are a separate issue even within the ...
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What's the advantage of mere Ansible on mere shell-scripting if one doesn't use communally-maintained Ansible-Galaxy roles? [closed]
I establish a LAMP with a few extras on a remote Debian machine with a similar shell (Bash) script:
#/bin/bash
apt update -y
apt upgrade ufw sshguard unattended-upgrades wget curl git zip unzip tree ...
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Can kernel upgrades be done with configuration management (CM) tools for above-OS software?
I use various Linux Distros, mostly Debian-based, usually all default (I change nothing in the kernel/shell or internal-utilities (utilities that come with the distro). I usually install Apache, MySQL ...
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An upgrade from 'zesty' to 'bionic' is not supported with this tool. Tried official links, no success
I tried following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/Feisty link, but without success. I need to upgrade my system to 17.10(EOL) from 17.04.
When running following command I am getting an ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad Mute LED Stopped working after update
Updated my packages today on my Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (6th Gen). I didn't expect anything to happen but it did. The Mute indicator LED's on the F1 and F4 key stopped working.
I actually know this ...
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Do bug corrections spread automatically to all Linux distros and updates? [closed]
I'm using Debian 9. When turning off my computer, many times (more than 50%, I think) I get the following message:
A stop job is running for Session 3 of user rodrigo (Xs / 1min 30s)
X increments ...
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How to fully upgrade Debian from command line (including release_version)?
I desire to totally upgrade everything in Debian:Stable including the release version, to the newest stable release available:
Packages update
Packages upgrade
D:S minor_version
D:S major_version
D:S ...
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Upgrade OpenSSH 7.4 to later on RHEL
I have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server (7.5 x86_64). I have OpenSSH version 7.4. I was asked to upgrade it to a later version for security reasons: Nessus states that OpenSSH should be ugraded from ...
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KDE on LTS 18.04 - Cannot Upgrade or 'sudo apt --fix-broken install'
https://askubuntu.com/questions/176121/dpkg-error-trying-to-overwrite-file-which-is-also-in
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1067430/apt-fix-broken-install-does-not-work-package-manager-broken-after-...
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An upgrade from 'zesty' to 'bionic' is not supported with this tool [duplicate]
Hi i am getting the error below when i try and update my ubuntu server through command line:
Reading cache
Checking package manager
Cannot upgrade
An upgrade from 'zesty' to 'bionic' ...
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Upgrading go version to 1.11 in ubuntu [closed]
I am trying to upgrade go version to 1.11 in ubuntu 16.04.
I try the following tutorial but it only upgrade user go version to 1.11.
when i call sudo go version it still return go 1.6.2.
How can i ...
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Upgrading Python3 Without Breaking Access to lib Folder
Upgrading Python3 package is always a big pain for me. Every time I upgrade from one version, e.g. 3.7.0, to another, e.g. 3.7.1, my python script loses access to my /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-...
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Ubuntu upgrade from 18.04 to 18.10 got stuck in “Removing xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04 (3:14.1)”
I'm in the process of upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 LTE to Ubuntu 18.10. I've started do-release-upgrade from inside a GNOME Terminal window. It made some progress but now got stuck in Removing xserver-...
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How to update FreeBSD without freebsd-update when the source cannot be compiled?
I run FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi 3. This computer is permanently installed in a server room I do not have easy access to. Once FreeBSD 12 comes out, I want to update the computer to the new system ...
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Upgrade Ubuntu without btrfs snapshot
On every do-release-upgrade Ubuntu does a btrfs snapshot. What sounds like a good idea is quite annoying if you don't have enough disk space. The update requires the same amount of space as currently ...
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Upgrading to Fedora 29 from 28 resulted into inaccessible SSH and other TLS dependent services
After running standard distro upgrade command for Fedora Server:
dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=29 && dnf system-upgrade reboot
and rebooting back to the server I could not connect ...
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What is the difference between a Redhat “Binary DVD” and an “Update Binary DVD”?
Some versions of RHEL, but not all (for example, 7.4), have ISO download options of both a "Binary DVD" (e.g. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Binary DVD, 3.78GB) and an "Update Binary DVD" (e.g. Red Hat ...
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Protect user edited *.desktop files from upgrades
I like to edit /usr/share/applications/*.desktop files (fortunately, just a few of them) to fit my needs. When the relative application is updated, though, those edits I made get lost. How should I ...
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Upgrade from openjdk-7 to openjdk-8 on debian
I have the following Java-related packages installed on my Debian 8 machine
# sudo dpkg -l | grep -i java
ii ca-certificates-java 20140324 all Common CA ...
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What's going to be new in bash 5
I was just going through the official bash repository(I don't usually do this) for something unrelated but noticed that bash 5 was already in beta. I was just curious about what's going to be new in ...
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Unable to boot from kernel 4.18.16-200.fc28.x86_64
I updated the kernel last Thursday to version 4.18.16-200.fc28.x86_64. Now every time I booted from that kernel it just always get stuck on an empty black screen with blinking cursor. I've tried ...
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Error sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory when I try to upgrade Debian
Error when i try to upgrade Debian based distro
After this operation, 347 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory
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Overriding apt-get security check in Debian 9 (stretch) for Cloudera upgrade
I am trying to update Cloudera packages on several servers that have recently been upgraded to Debian 9 (stretch). The latest updates for Cloudera were for Debian 8 (jessie). The update/upgrade fails ...
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After an AIX mksysb NIM migration upgrade, virtual package AIX-rpm is out-of-sync with the OS level
After upgrading an AIX system using mksysb migration via NIM, the AIX-rpm virtual package was left behind at the previous AIX level:
$ oslevel -r
7100-04
$ rpm -q AIX-rpm
AIX-rpm-6.1.7.0-7
This ...
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GPGME error on Arch Linux 32bit
I need to fix this issue with GPGME error. I cannot upgrade or install anything. This is what I get in terminal:
sudo pacman -Syyu
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME ...
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Have /bin/bash not /usr/bin/bash but Cant install RPM Update because of Failed Dependency
Linux system with bash located in /bin and not /usr/bin.
Attempting to install (as root) glibc-common-2.17-222.el7.x86_64 using either of the following commands:
rpm -ivh glibc-2.17-222.el7.x86_64....
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I can't upgrade Linux Mint — unmet dependencies
I installed Linux Mint 19 “Tara” Cinnamon, and when I want to upgrade or sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, there is some bug:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
indicator-sensors:i386 : ...
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Can a server SSH key change due to software upgrades?
I have a VPS in the cloud (Ubuntu server 16.04)
I SSH to the server (no problem there)
I update the software: apt upgrade+apt update
I reboot the server: shutdown -r now. SSH connection is closed
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TCB Enabled During Upgrade
I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but I wouldn't be doing my due diligence if I didn't ask: I know that you can only enable TCB in AIX during install, but what about during an upgrade? Can ...
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Update Vim in RHEL to version 7.4.2009
I am trying to write a Go server on a RHEL 7 system, but the Vim plugin, vim-go, requires version 7.4.2009, where the system only has 7.4.1099. I have tried
yum install vim
and it already has the ...
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Synaptic doesn't find updates
Pretty easy to describe problem: Synaptic one day stopped receiving updates, clicking "mark all updates" marks nothing. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade works without problems, but ...
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apt package manager on Debian lists a package as upgradable but does not upgrade
This issue is similar to Debian Linux not updating package, but in my case the newer package is not from backports:
§ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
firefox-esr-l10n-en-gb/stable 60.2.0esr-1~...
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what is inside weak-update folder?
First, installed a driver package to OS (ex: CentOS ) -- foo_1.0.rpm
Second, install the same driver but different version -- foo_2.0.rpm by
rpm -ivh --force foo_2.0.rpm
It seems an extra folder ...
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Kali OS Update turns GRUB into a Terminal [duplicate]
A little while ago, I installed Kali Linux 2018.2 on my laptop via USB. I had to do some tweaking to fit my needs, but overall it worked fine. However, recently I got a notification from the Software ...
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e2fsprogs issues on Debian testing - unable to upgrade packages
After trying to do a regular update on Debian Buster, I ended up with the following issue.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libraw16
Use 'apt autoremove' ...
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How to deal with undocumented Arch Linux update failures?
I've been using Arch for about 3-4 months now and I've never actually had to deal with an upgrade error. Yesterday when I ran sudo pacman -Syu I got
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving ...
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I am having problems running updates and downloading software in terminal
Everytime I try and update my software this is what is says...
mint@mint ~ $ apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial failed - ...
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Debian: Why my debian_version is “buster/sid” after upgrading from stretch to testing [duplicate]
I installed a Debian stable from ISO.
/etc/debian_version was "9.5".
Then I changed apt from "stretch" to "testing" and upgraded.
Now debian_version is "buster/sid"!?
I thought sid is always "...
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How to access the “Software Update Preferences” GUI on a RHEL 7 server?
I have numerous RHEL 6 servers and we configure automatic updates using the "Software Update Preferences" GUI, however I cannot locate the same GUI on a newer RHEL 7 server.
This is the GUI that I am ...
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Problem with appstreamcli when running apt update
I had a problem with debian testing today when I was running an apt update with following return:
E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-...
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Unmet dependencies due to slightly too new package installed
When I tried to apt-get upgrade (yes, I did an update first), I get the following:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to ...
