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    problems when either updating or adding programs to Gutsy Gibbon

    you probably heard of this one before but bear with me as i couldn't seem to find my exact problem in the forum...

    I recently installed (yes this would qualify me as a newbie) a copy of version 7.10 of Kubuntu.

    No problems there however when I rebooted and then did my first upgrade the program that does this (apt-get/add-remove) goes through the motions of getting the files it when they're down (read transferred) it starts to install them i get about three or four files into it and then i get a commit error... a friend of mine says it's the server but when i try again it just does the same thing ... (same happens when I try to add programs too...

    highly irratating ... are there any mirrors or is this due to the firewall in Linux?


    TIA David

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    Re: problems when either updating or adding programs to Gutsy Gibbon

    Open Konsole and run the command:
    Code:
    sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
    If all goes well, that should update your system; if it doesn't, please post any errors you encounter here.
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      Re: problems when either updating or adding programs to Gutsy Gibbon

      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.
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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