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[ubuntu] Problems updating and installing

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi, I seem to be having issues updating. Through update manager things just seem to hang, and if I try sudo apt-get update I get errors like Err 403 Forbidden. I tried creating a sources list then replacing the old one, but upon running the keys as the website suggested this also failed. (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 10/05/2012

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sudo apt-get install update-manager-core

/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

Prompt=normal;

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

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Updating repository information WARNING: Failed to read mirror file

Third party sources disabled

Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled.

Hello fellow forum lurkers,

I am currently running Ubuntu 12.04 and I seem to be having problems updating and various other problems that my stem from the updating one (I'm not sure). So, I'm getting an error when I try to update, I use the Update Manager, get an error, so I go to the Terminal, update there, and get the same answer.

Updating help 1 year 6 weeks ago

Hi all,I'm relatively new to crunchbang and doing everything DIY (I must say I like this distro much more than ubuntu/mint/suse) and I wanted to know how to make sure I was updating everything correctly. I have no update manager or notifier, and I'm not sure if doing 'sudo apt-get update' or 'sudo aptitude' and then 'u' works or not (pardon my ignorance!).

Here's my geeky tip for updating your /etc/apt/sources.list on Ubuntu GNU/Linux.This tip is especially useful around April/October when the new Ubuntu releases are freed into the wild and the main servers are very busy.I know what you're saying: This can easily be done from the  Ubuntu Software Center via the edit > sources menu.

First of all say apology to Ask Duplicate Question.

I'm Using First time Ubuntu 12.10 OS.when i'm update the Update Manager it is giving error like this ....

Failed to load the package list:

This is a serious problem. Try again later.

Hi guys, I'm having 2 issues updating my Fedora 17 server.

1. The Software Updates app is broken and won't update anything.

I connect to my headless server through a VNC session.

I'm trying to install java jre, i usually do it like this

sudo echo 'deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all' >> /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 5CB26B26 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install update-sun-jre exit

but when i do

sudo echo 'deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all' >> /etc/apt/sources.list

i see

permission denied:

I am running an ubuntu/gnome3 environment. While running the upgrade manager on 12.04, I was informed that there was a distribution update but that it was partial. (whatever that means)

After a few failed attempts at updating through the manager, I decide to run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get update.

I never had problems updating my software, but it has been a long time without updating my Software and when I try updating it now, the Authentification page opens but closes immediately, without letting me introduce the password. So I can not update it because it says it failed.