Stupid updater keeps screwing up!

[Guest]

I've only recently switched to kubuntu, and only got around to installing it today. I'm having a problem though, and it is with the god damn updating tool. For some reason, after a fresh install, it will go download all the updates as it should (I think there are about 150). It begins installing them, and then crashes when it gets to about 50% to 60% saying that some package called lib something (sorry, I can't remember at the moment) isn't valid or something. My only option is to press ok, and I do. After that it just completely skips all the remaining updates and says the system is up to date... even though it clearly isn't, and then asks me to upgrade to 7.10... even though I already am using it . If I tell it to upgrade, it crashes.

Now this wouldn't really bother me much if it weren't for the fact that this somehow screws up the official NVIDIA drivers, which I would really prefer to use. The driver doesn't work anymore after that, causing the computer to boot to command prompt until I change the xorg back to the 'nv' driver.

If this issue is common, can someone please help me out? Man... this is the only thing I don't like about linux - it's a freakin battle just to get it working...

If you require more details, I can get them later. I can't right now because I'm in my Windows partition doing work

Any help would be very greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[toad]

Re: Stupid updater keeps screwing up!

Go to the command line and do a

sudo apt-get install -f

This will check for dependencies and what have and should "bring the house back in order". Please post the output if it exits with an error message.

If it exits without moaning you could try a

sudo apt-get upgrade

Again, please post the output if it exits with an error message.

If it exits without moaning you could try a

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[blobfish]

Re: Stupid updater keeps screwing up!

Some other terminal commands to try.

sudo dpkg --configure --pending

sudo dpkg --audit

if there is no output from audit, that is a good thing. Then try.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

[Gyumaou]

Re: Stupid updater keeps screwing up!

same problem here. did the update, adept crashed. was told to update to 7.10 (also running 7.10), that crashed too and now I'm unable to install/update anything through Adept.

none of the commands above did anything (the update ones returned 0 updates).

Is there a way to reset/reinstall adept and fix the damage?

EDIT: solved by reinstalling and not updating for now.

[Guest]

Re: Stupid updater keeps screwing up!

W00t!! I fixed it

Here are the steps to having a properly working Kubuntu.

1. First of all, if you have already screwed up Kubuntu, reformat and install. Sorry, but this is necessary.

2. After installation, DO NOT UPDATE. The system tray will throw out a speech bubble saying there are 170 new updates or so. Avert your eyes from there, and avoid temptation to click.

3. Open Konsole and log in as root and type in

apt-get install libqt3-mt

This will update the bugged program that is causing the graphical updater to screw up the system. When it asks if you want to overwright some config file, type Y.

4. After step 3 has completed, run

apt-get upgrade

This will update the system from the terminal.

You're done! Everything should work perfectly now, including the restricted NVIDIA drivers. I haven't experimented using the graphical updater after doing all of this, so be careful. Who knows? It could ruin the system again.

Using the terminal to update is what I'll be doing from now on...

[Guest]

Re: Stupid updater keeps screwing up!

Cheers for that Ownaginatious . After 3 days of trying I was on the point of throwing the Kubuntu disk in the bin, (whats the point if you can't update). I have used Adept since to install some software, worked fine. But like you I will do all upgrade in a terminal.

[Snowhog]

Re: Stupid updater keeps screwing up!

For Gutsy Installations:

Open Adept Manager (K Menu | System | Adept Manger) and click on Adept | Manage Repositories. On the first tab, check all items (you don't need the last item checked unless you intend to download source files for compiling). On the Third-Party Software tab uncheck/delete the cdrom repository entry. Close the window. If Adept doesn't automatically fetch updates, click on Fetch Updates. You will now have access to the thousands of available packages. If you still have problems, open a console and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Part of the problem after installing Gutsy, is that the cdrom is still an active repository. If you attempt to fetch updates, the cdrom is checked. This is a primary reason for update failures, and why you need to disable/remove the cdrom as a repository before you attempt an update.