I know I can install updates using apt-get install updates but is there a way to check to see if updates are available without installing them?
View 4 RepliesStarting with Ubuntu Server 9.04, when I log in at times the OS smartly reports the number of updates available. I have a couple of questions of how to extend this functionality:
1) How could I back-port that functionality to 8.04 servers? Does that happen somewhere in the /etc/cron.daily/apt script? (Just the checking on # of packages needing updates, does not need to appear on the login screen.)
2) Then with that information, if the number >0 then use mailx to send admins an email. Since 9.04 and higher already do the first item, then in my mind #2 is the only thing needed for 9.04 and higher servers, and #1 is also needed for 8.04 boxes.
I'm running CentOS 5.4 and noticed that for the past month there haven't been any new updates showing up either on 'yum check-update' or 'yum update' (I'm interested in basic and security updates). Although this may be right, I wonder if there is an online reference where I can check the updates that are released for CentOS (security bulletins) and make sure if there is anything wrong with my update system.
View 11 Replies View RelatedFor some reason Update Manager is not installing updates as of yesterday.I have it set to check daily and notify if updates are available. It has been working without issues for well over a year now.
Update Manager tells me updates are available and presents the list of security, recommended, and other updates. All are selected to update, but when I select Install Updates in Update Manager it returns with a Reading Package Information window overlaid on the main Update Manager window - building dependency tree then reading state information and dumps me back to the main Update Manager window without performing any update actions.
How do i download and install updates? It says package not found.
View 4 Replies View Relatedwhen i open update manager, i click check for updates, than i get this:
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...source/Sources 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
[Code]....
The last round of updates to 10.04 changed the initrd image, which I wasn't expecting. How do I check the updates to make sure that this is in fact the expected behavior? I.e., how do I go back and check which updates were supposed to have been installed, check what was actually installed, and see which one modified the initrd and why?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently upgraded to Fedora 15 from Fedora 14 using preupgrade. Most of the applications are working fine. But I am finding now that the OS does NOT check for updates. I am having to manually do the update each time although it is set to check for updates daily.
However, when I manually update using the code (below), it works fine.
Code:
yum update
I have been forbidden to enable automatic updates on our Ubuntu servers, for both security and regular packages.When I log into any of my four Ubuntu servers, the welcome message contains this:
39 packages can be updated.
26 updates are security updates.
However, when I run the Nagios plugin that monitors APT, I get:
% /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_apt
APT WARNING: 33 packages available for upgrade (0 critical updates).
I need to know how to properly detect that there are pending security updates, and regular updates. Once I can do that, I plan to write a Nagios script that will return WARNING for pending regular updates, and CRITICAL for pending security updates.
I started having connection issues after last upgrade.. how can i check and rollback some updates? 10.10 netbook
ps. there's no History in Ubuntu Software Center
if i have not registered my RHEL at RHN then how will I check new errata and updates of my rhel servers. As my organisation policy don't allow me to register my RHEL servers at rhn due to security issue.
View 1 Replies View RelatedJust did an update, gwibber and mintupdate were installed.Now when I check for updates I get this message. See screenshot.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI ran update through the terminal and rebooted i get this error message on start up and again after I log in Please Help!! I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 using unity 2d and the latest version of Gnome 2 on a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop There is a problem with the configuration server. (/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 32512)
View 5 Replies View RelatedI currently have Red Hat 5.4 installed and subscribed to red hat network for alert updates.The updates will be done by our administrator but I will like to check if the admin has done so on a weekly basis. Is there a command that generates a report or allows me to check if certain updates has been patched? I understand running a yum update will list all applicable patches. Should we just simply update all or only certain applications applicable to our organization environment?
View 2 Replies View RelatedHow do i check for updates to the current version of rkhunter and if possible upgrade to a new version?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am having a computer attached to internet and is updating regularly using update manager. Is there any way to update the other computers which are not connected to internet?
View 1 Replies View RelatedOn my other PC I was installing updates. It's just frozen up for some reason (assume screen saver kicked and did something) What should I do to minimize any file damage? Pressing the power button may be my only option? And if I do shut it down do I just run updates again to pick up where I've left off. I'm a bit concerned I'll end up with corrupted files
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am running a dual boot system - Ubuntu / Win. XPI installed the security updates in Ubuntu and followed the prompt to restart the computer. Now I can't boot into Ubuntu. When I try, the machine simply restarts. I can still log into windows just fine, but Ubuntu won't load no matter how many times I try.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm new to ubuntu I last used it 2 years ago and did not like it one bit but a friend told me about 11.04 so thought id give it a go and I absolutely love it. its far superior to windows 7 imo. now my only problem so far is when installing updates it seems to hang on applying . but im sure there should be some indication of progress.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a dual boot system (Compaq Presario CQ61) with Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed. A while back I updated my Ubuntu system to the 11.04. All went smoothly. Then recently, when the system prompted me, I installed some updates. Since then when I try to boot into Ubuntu I end up at a CLI with (initramfs) as the prompt.I can still successfully boot off of the Windows 7 partition.After reading a lot of articles describing similar problems, and failing to find a fix, I reinstalled 11.04.The system came up without any problems. BUT then, as usual, the system prompted me to install updates. Once I was done installing them and rebooted the computer I was back at the (initramfs) prompt.
View 1 Replies View RelatedThis is my first tryst with linux, so this might seem to be a very trivial problem: While installing updates for ubuntu 9.04, there was an unexpected crash saying that 'E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run sudo dpkg--configure-a' to correct the problem. When I tried to follow the instruction, it said that sudo could not be found. Is this a directory problem? If yes, how do I rectify it?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am running Fedora 12 and I just installed several updates. Afterwards I attempted to use yum to search for a package and the command did not work. The following error message was displayed
[root@d630 ~]# yum search livecd
Fatal Python error: pycurl: libcurl link-time version is older than compile-time version
Aborted (core dumped)
I have installed Ubuntu and all is working Ok except when I try to add the suggested updates it is telling me I do not have enough free space. When I set it up I gave Ubuntu a 10GB partition but it does not seem to have worked. How can I add the suggested updates.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI recently upgraded to 9.04 and Update Manager stopped working. If I start Update Manager it will check for updates and display them but will not install the updates. I am prompted for a password but the updates are never downloaded and I get no error messages.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm looking to put together a script, called by a cron job on a daily (or weekly) basis, to automatically have apt-get pull down and install all updates, followed by a re-boot.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi have been running Ubuntu 10.10 for about a month or so now without any major problems and last night the update manager popped up like it does with some upgrades i needed to install. So i installed them and clicked restart to install updates. When i restarted and logged in, i clicked firefox, the loading bubble popped up and then froze (note: freezes when using transmission, empathy, and various other apps not just firefox) . I kept restarting and never made it past 5 minutes without it freezing up. So i booted into windows removed everything linux, reinstalled it, and everything worked like normal. Then did the updates again and same exact thing after restarting.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 64bit to run along Winxp in a dual boot format. I have heard many good things about Ubuntu but am using it for the first time. I have used a ntfs partition of 30GB for Ubuntu. During the installation part I was asked for the size and I gave 8 GB, I read that this was recommended. There are quite a few things I would like to know.
1. What's the difference between Ubuntu software center & Synaptic software manager?
2. Can you do everything easily via the GUI?
3. My Nvidia 8800 GT works on 1440x900 on my win xp OS. Here it doesn't seem to get to that. Additional drivers window says that 173 version is active but not in use.
4. Where do all the updates/new softwares/ drivers etc get installed? I mean the path. Like in Xp I can give a path for the installation. Can I do that in here?
5. I want to install GNS 3 which is a routing simulator and have heard that Ubuntu is very stable for it.
6. How can I get desktop icons on the desktop?
7. What's the use of 4 workspaces? I mean why is it used and what are the advantages.
I tired searching the Internet but most of them just so confusing that it feels to difficult and am afraid I might break something. Plus most of the commands are in cli that I am not able to grasp.
When I try to install software updates by clicking on the red arrow "update" button, I get a final result stating the following:
Error authenticating some packages
It was not possible to authenticate some packages. This may be a transient network problem. You may want to try again later. See below for a list of unauthenticated packages.
initscripts
libavc1394-0
libtiff4
sysv-rc
sysvinit-utils
I've tried this a few times...same result over the past 10 days.
i have fedora 15 that i updated from fedora 14. i get notification that updates are 73 updates available , i click install i get this error libtool-2.4-4.fc15.x86_64 requires gcc = 4.6.0 : Protected multilib versions: flash-plugin-10.3.183.7-release.i386 != flash-plugin-10.3.162.29-1.x86_64 Protected multilib versions: libgomp-4.6.0-10.fc15.i686 != libgomp- .6.1-8.fc15.x86_64
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am trying to install the VLC which wanted me to have universe (which I don't know what it is). This is what I tried (Tips from this forum):
kholofelo@kholofelo-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ %sudo apt-get update
bash: fg: %sudo: no such job
kholofelo@kholofelo-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for kholofelo: Err URL
Could not connect to archive.canonical.com:80 (91.189.88.33). - connect (110: Connection timed out) Err URL
Unable to connect to archive.canonical.com:http: URL ....