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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Updating from Fedora 37 to 39 - everything works but the filesystem
I had a machine still working on Fedora 37 and used the instructions in Fedora Docs to upgrade to 39. All went very well and the system seems to behave fine. The only exception is the package ...
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Documented Best Practice for Initial UPDATE/UPGRADE Command Chain [closed]
It is recommended that as soon as a new Linux installation is done, the FIRST command to run is sudo apt update
However, there are several update + upgrade command variations that can be used or ...
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KDE Neon Upgrade to 22.04 Fails Due to Unofficial Package Issues
I'm facing an issue while trying to upgrade my KDE Neon system to version 22.04. The upgrade process halts with an error message suggesting an issue with unofficial packages. Here is the essence of ...
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Frequent crashes after update to Fedora 39
I have updated from Fedora 38 to 39 yesterday. Since then, I am having frequent crashes where the screen goes black for a couple of seconds, then goes back to the login page, and after I enter the ...
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Upgraded debian from bullseye to bookworm and now the computer freezes at boot screen
I followed this guide to upgrade debian bullseye to debian bookworm but now my computer freezes at the boot screen on the line "Loading initial ramdisk ...".
Can someone help me diagnose ...
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Update multiple raspberry pi with single image
I am working on a project which I need to update 10 raspberry pi images with the latest image which i modify some files and directories and install some packages on it. I am working on one raspberry ...
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Cant apt update on Debian 12
When trying to do sudo apt update/upgrade i get faced with
E: Malformed entry 3 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archive_uri-http_deb_debian_org_debian-bookworm.list (Component)
E: Malformed entry ...
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How do I update npm/ node on ubuntu? I keep getting an error
I ran: npm install npm@latest -g
and got:
npm ERR! code EBADENGINE
npm ERR! engine Unsupported engine
npm ERR! engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: [email protected]
npm ERR! notsup Not ...
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failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) problem with networkmanager
sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 130.1 KiB 102 KiB/s 00:01 [###############################################] 100%
extra ...
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target not found: kxmlgui5
Whenever I try to update my packages, the error message appears which reads: Error:
Failed to process the transaction
target not found: kxmlgui5
How can I fix that...?
Please help me.
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What does KDE Discover do when upgrading package asks an interactive question?
When I run apt upgrade, some packages ask interactive questions, including fairly important ones, e.g. about overwriting user's configs.
If I run an upgrade like this from KDE Discover, what will ...
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With what command is possible know the RAM's DDR type, Speed and Frequency by each slot? [duplicate]
For a computer, such as laptop or server used for developing and server purposes respectively and taking in consideration that can't be opened.
With what command is possible know the following specs ...
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With what command is possible know the mainboard requirements about the RAM?
For a computer and/or laptop used for developing and as server purposes, of course, it according with the hardware itself.
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With what command is possible know the mainboard requirements about ...
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Unattended-Upgrades configuration for custom repo only
OS: LMDE 5 (based on Debian 11 Bullseye)
To keep the system tidy, I use separate files to overrides the original distribution/developer configuration files wherever possible. This also prevents ...
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Unable to upgrade from Ubuntu 22.10 - packages have been kept back: libgd-dev libgd3 libgd3:i386
I'm a layman when it comes to using Linux/Ubuntu. I'm on Ubuntu 22.10 unable to uprade. I tried all that I could find on internet:
apt update
apt upgrade
apt full-upgrade
Here is the log:
hp@hp-...
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VFS: cannot open root device "nvme1n1p4" or unknown-block & Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
I was in the process of upgrading my Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. Unfortunately, I made an error during the upgrade process. I decided to restart the computer hoping it would fix the problem. Now I'm unable ...
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ld.so issue after upgrading Ubuntu to release 22.04
I have upgraded Ubuntu from 18.04 to 22.04, but I'm getting the following error:
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open ...
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Weird entries are fetched when performing sudo apt update
Below is my sources.list. I have no additional files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. (Some_Server) is a public repository.
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb (Some_Server)/debian-security/ bookworm-security ...
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Huge number of packages are about to be deleted after Debian upgrade, how to check list in text mode?
I am about to upgrade from Debian 11 to 12. I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F3 and entered text mode to ensure a smooth upgrade.
Update & Upgrade system
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
Edit /etc/apt/...
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ShellOS pacman cannot find database file (Arch derivative)
Currently running theShell OS 7.0 (Arch variant) on a VM. I went to update the software (as this version is several years out of date) and pacman just spat this out:
~ $ Welcome, user. Enter command: ...
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Installing new version of gnu make without compiling on Linux Lite
I'm on Linux Lite 5.8.
The installed version of gnu make is 4.2.1 but the latest gnu make version is 4.4.1.
Is there a simple way to install this latest version without it being to compile from source?...
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How to Upgrade CentOS 7.x to RHEL 8.x by disconnected method or without subscription and how?
I have a CentOS distribution and I want to migrate/ Upgrade it in RHEL 7 but I don't have a subscription so, it can be possible to migrate it without subscription.
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Upgrade problems in debian 12 [duplicate]
After writing sudo apt update I writed sudo apt upgrade, but the result of sudo apt upgrade was:
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade......
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Doing a "sudo sed -i 's/bullseye/bookworm/g' /etc/apt/sources.list" to go from Debian 11 to 12, shall I deal with "source.list.d" in the same move?
I am planning to upgrade from Debian 11 to Debian 12 soon.
The main action I intend to take is:
sudo sed -i 's/bullseye/bookworm/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
The /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory contains ...
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Upgrade CentOS 7.9 to 8.5 incomplete - suggestions to fix?
I have a CentOS 7.9 server mostly running ZFS as a Windows CIFs file server and NFS vmware share. It was running v7 fine. I tried leapp/elevate to migrate but it failed because of NFS so I tried ...
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Signature from "TNE <[email protected]>" is unknown trust - Invalid or Corrupted package
While running pacman -Syu
After "(8/8) checking package integrity"
I'm facing the following issue with these packages:
error: 7-zip: signature from "TNE <[email protected]>"...
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Debian very unstable after disastrous upgrade - how to recover GRUB, missing executables and more?
I upgraded Debian stable from 11 to 12 today by sudo apt-get upgrade. Thousands of packages were downloaded. However while packages were being upgraded the system froze. I manually shutdown by ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 python update problem
I have an update problem for a few days. My version is Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)
sudo apt-get upgrade
gives an output like that;
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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What are the risks of doing apt-get upgrade(s), but never apt-get dist-upgrade(s)?
At work, I received a VM on VirtualBox. I have no clue about its composition except that it is running Debian 10.
Quickly, because tools like Chrome were complaining, I had to do an apt-get update + ...
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Add bootloader in the appropriate paths in debian during upgrade
I am currently in the process of upgrading an old machine from debian9 to debian10.
At a certain point, I am presented with the following prompt::
Why is it offering me the option to install GRUB ...
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Update /etc/apt/sources.list before or after the actual debian upgrade process
I want to run an upgrade debian10 --> debian11.
I am going through the official instructions.
Should the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list be changed to reflect bullseye BEFORE running the actual ...
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How do I resolve package conflicts on Fedora 37?
I'm running Fedora 37, and for the past couple of weeks, I've noticed that it skips some packages when I type sudo dnf upgrade saying there are conflicts between them. The packages are ffmpeg-libs ...
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Debian 8.3 Jessie KEYEXPIRED 11645052400
EDITION (05/17/2023): I saw the Debian 8 Jessie KEYEXPIRED 1587841717 question before, and I'd done the renewing of expired keys. There were other expired keys that were renewed, but the 1645052400 ...
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Problem with sudo dnf update on Fedora 38 (recently upgraded)
I've recently upgraded to Fedora 38 and when I try to sudo dnf update, I get the following error:
Problem: package libheif-freeworld-1.15.2-1.fc38.x86_64 requires libheif(x86-64) = 1.15.2, but none of ...
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Zorin doesn't install Dell firmware update
Regularly, I'm notified by Zorin's Software app that a Dell firmware update is available. It's always v1.11.0 > v1.25.0.
When clicking on “Install”, I'm asked to re-boot the system. After doing so, ...
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ArchLinux boot causes blank screen with blinking cursor into screen turning on and then off after failed update
The full context is that after some months of not booting into Arch, I decided to do it and do a full system upgrade with sudo pacman -Syu.
While upgrading my system, I also had Firefox open, which ...
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Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) - Possible missing firmware (*.huc*; *.guc*; *.dmc* for module i915)
After upgrading the linux-kernel on a Debian testing System:
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-7-amd64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: TOSHIBA
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Upgrading old Ubuntu to current
I have a Ubuntu machine running ubuntu 16. I want to upgrade it to the most recent version, but the hints on how to do this fail. According to webpages it should be:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
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Debian Kernel Update frozen at 99% - how to troubleshoot?
I am using Debian 11 Stable. gnome-software notified that an update requiring a restart is available. It was an 'OS Update'. linux-image-amd64 was to be updated from 5.10.162-1 to 5.10.178-3 and linux-...
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gnome-software Unable to get list of updates: Failed to update metadata for lvfs: checksum failure
I sometimes use gnome-software to check for updates on Debian. My repositories are Debian Stable, Flathub and a few others each dedicated to a single program. When I do sudo apt-get update on Terminal ...
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How to update the cygwin offline installation folder
I am using a Windows 10 with cygwin installed on it and also need to install cygwin on a series of machines that have no internet access
The solution I found is to run the cygwin setup program, and ...
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KDE Neon: Grub changes after full upgrade
I started a full upgrade on KDE Neon using recovery mode and grub makes a big change.
whenever I boot up the computer, grub shows the name as "GNU/Linux" instead of "Neon GNU/Linux"...
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How to rollback to previous kernel in Fedora when new update shows blank screen at boot?
In fedora 37 I did
sudo dnf -y update
It updated the packages and kernel. But I remember that I didn't reboot the system after that. I just powered it off.
The next day, the boot menu showed the ...
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upgrade to php 8.* version on centos 7.9
I have a Centos 7.9 with PHP 7.4.33 pre installed. followed this command steps for upgrading the php version to 8.1:
sudo yum install -y https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
sudo ...
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Upgrading OpenSSH when OS version is outdated
I would like to upgrade OpenSSH version (currently version is OpenSSH_4.3p2, using protocol OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5). However, it seems I cannot upgrade it because OS Linux itself has a very old ...
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Update package perl-*
I have a linux machine Oracle Linux Server 8.7 with kernel 5.4.17-2136.317.5.3.el8uek.x86_64.
Using the yum check-update command, I noticed that there are a number of perl-packages that I can't update....
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Update from Debian 9.12
I want to start using my "linux laptop" after several years - have a Jriver Mediacenter on it, and want to "get up to speed" running with the latest version of the OS/desktop etc. (...
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Can only create folders on Samba since dist upgrade of client to Ubuntu LTS 22
I want full owner access to the mounted system. As I used to have before the dist upgrade. I assume something about the fstab handling has changed.
Mount options are unchanged (fstab client):
//IP/nas ...
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How to update Samba to 4.16 (in /usr/local/samba)?
I use Samba domain controller on my Ubuntu (18.04.6 LTS) server. Samba is installed in /usr/local/samba folder. Samba version is 4.10.16 and I want to update it to 4.16 (due to Windows 11 22H2 problem)...
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Windows 11 (22H2) and Ubuntu server (Samba) problem
In February some workers in my office got new computers with Windows 11 version 22H2. After joining them to the domain (domain controller is Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS), nobody could log in on these new ...