Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

[CrimsoniteX]

Hey guys, Adept manager doesn't seem to be working right. I want to install ALL of the latest updates, can you do this with apt-get? Could someone walk me through it quick? Thanks!

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

synaptic, but it will crash eventually too. It's a known bug try

Close anything resembling Adept or Synaptic, open the Konsole and enter

sudo dpkg --configure -a

If it does not give errors, then continue with

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install

sudo apt-get autoclean

and you should be back in business.

[Rog131]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

I want to install ALL of the latest updates, can you do this with apt-get? Could someone walk me through it quick?

Yes, you can use apt-get :

#1 Update package database:

sudo apt-get update

#2 Upgrade all upgradeable packages:

sudo apt-get -u upgrade

APT HOWTO, Chapter 3 - Managing packages

...the -u option. This option causes APT to show the complete list of packages which will be upgraded. Without it, you'll be upgrading blindly.

More of the package managers: FAQ: Package Managers

[dibl]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

Hey guys, Adept manager doesn't seem to be working right. I want to install ALL of the latest updates, can you do this with apt-get? Could someone walk me through it quick? Thanks!

Yes, what Rog says.

Also, if your "doesn't seem to be working right" is that the blue "Upgrade" button in Adept Manager stays lit after you do the updgrade, I think that is a phenomenon of the way the packages come into the mirror servers. A certain lot of packages aren't finished coming in from the repository, and so you can't get the entire lot at that moment. Wait an hour and you might get a different result. Here in the middle U.S.A., I almost never get the full upgrade in the evening (blue light stays on), but I can get the rest of it in the morning. So the blue light stays on at night, and goes out when I upgrade in the morning.

[CrimsoniteX]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

Thanks guys! Worked out great.

[disturbedite]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

i don't know which bug you guys are talking about, i'm fine on hardy. i use synaptic, it kicks the crap out of adept imo. its faster too.

[ickie]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

I have done all above and get this /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code

[ickie]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

ok i shut down adept and rebooted and than ran commands and I go all but 6 packages.
thanks for the info.
BTW this is KDE-4 I am working on

[ickie]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

I have a question,
when I run command sudo apt-get update,
which command is better to use
#1) sudo apt-get upgrade
or
#2) sudo apt-get install

[dibl]

Re: Adept Manager not working, alternative update install?

That is not an "either/or" situation, ickie.

Probably it would help if you review the apt-get manual, where the functions of the various options are explained:

man apt-get

You need to use them both to install the updated or upgraded packages.