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unattended-upgrades does not upgrade packages from backport
unattended-upgrades works fine, I get daily updates, but once in a while, when I open aptitude, I realize backports packages a not automatically upgraded.
This happens on two different machines (...
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How unstable is debian sid in practice? [closed]
I've been using debian testing for a while now, but it seems to me that the software there is quite outdated. So far, I never dared installing debian sid on my laptop out of fear that it was totally ...
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Where can I check Arch-Linux updates info?
I want to know if is there a page where I can check if a new update has some bugs or causes problems after the installation.
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Why failing to tlmgr update TeXLive in Debian 8.5?
I run unsuccessfully the following and get strange output 404 first and then unknown hash from wget:
root@masi:/home/masi/Documents/# tlmgr update --self
output
(running on Debian, switching to ...
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What happens if I upgrade Fedora?
I want to upgrade my Fedora 24 to version 25.
Will I lose all my configuration of the applications? For example emacs configuration.
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How to update rescue partition on Fedora?
I have a Fedora 24 installation, where one of the items on the boot menu is:
Fedora 19 Rescue ...
How do I update that so I have the latest Fedora rescue partition? Does it even matter?
I suspect ...
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Am I not supposed update right away with Antegros?
I installed Antergos yesterday with the Cinnamon DE. After using it for a while, I got a notification for updates to some core packages, and I thought "hey, being up to date is good right? Why not" ...
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How can I tell if my Ubuntu system has been patched so it's no longer vunerable to Dirty Cow?
My system is Ubuntu 14.04LTS. uname -rv gives the following
4.4.0-45-generic #66~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 19 15:05:38 UTC 2016.
How can I tell if my system has been patched to cater for the Dirty ...
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Manual Thunderbird update in Debian 8 Jessie Linux with Gnome
After manually installing Mozilla Thunderbird on Debian 8 Jessie according to this instructions, and it's working fine. However, I cannot update it!
Thunderbird self warns me that an available update ...
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boot section low on storage, can I get rid of unused stuff?
I have a 512MiB partition I assigned to /boot but LinuxMint keeps adds a lot of stuff there on updates and now is complaining about disk usage.
A df -h reads:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% ...
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Upgrade problem /Kubuntu
I am trying to upgrade through terminal ( preference ) and I still got this error which I have not seen yet. I am using Ubuntu KDE (Kubuntu 16.04 xenial ). Thanks for help.
Reading package lists... ...
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How does the update process work for different install methods? [closed]
From my understanding there are four ways to install packages:
Build from source and install
Install binary
Install a deb/rpm file
Install from repository
In Ubuntu for example, are packages ...
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Many errors on yum upgrade/update?
When I launch yum update or yum upgrade on my CentOS 7 machine i get many errors:
[root@ns3269383 ~]# yum update
Plugin abilitati:fastestmirror, langpacks, protectbase
Loading mirror speeds from ...
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GNOME defers non-security updates - does this reduce security of current third-party apps?
GNOME Software defers updates which are not "important" for a week. It helps avoid overwhelming users on Fedora particularly.
Fedora marks updates with security fixes specially. (Debian and Ubuntu ...
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How to update system automatically on WiFi only?
I would like to download (and install) updates for Linux Mint Cinnamone 18 x64 automatically (like MintUpdate), however, only when I am connected to WiFi. I frequently change source of Internet (USB/...
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dnf update failed - pushed back to login-screen after update
I installed a fresh copy of Fedora 24 on my older notebook (1.gen i5) a few weeks ago and (naturally) first tried to get the latest updates through dnf (sudo will be omitted here).
After a while (...
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Update Kali Rolling Headers
I have dual boot Kali-Rolling OS with Windows 10
I ran a command to update its headers
apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
It has downloaded update ...
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How to update package in Fedora 24 when repo newest version is too old?
I am running a fresh install of Fedora 24, and at boot time and other times I get a selinux alert: its this bug.
The fix is, to update package selinux-policy from installed version 3.13.1-191.8.fc24 ...
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Backup the entire operating system
I have installed Ubuntu OS and installed all the softwares and tools from my college Internet connection. Now, I am going back to my home where it might not always be easy to reinstall all the ...
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How to disable PackageKit software update password dialog?
The PackageKit Project dialog keeps popping up to prompt for the root password on my Debian Jessie desktop, apparently assuming that the logged in account has root permissions or knows the root ...
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How to easily maintain the latest versions of Apache/ MySQL/ PHP on CentOS 6.2?
We have a few servers running CentOS 6.2 deploying web applications using Apache/ MySQL/ PHP.
In the past we've just regularly run "yum update" to keep all the software up to date.
As of right now ...
