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    Hello,

    I am very new to Linux. Even newer to Kubuntu. I originally tried installing 9.4 to give it a shot, but it failed during install every time so I decided to try 9.10. I am dual booting between Windows 7 and Kubuntu 9.10. The install worked fine, but now I am unable to update.

    I have enabled the root password and run the commands

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install

    The updates download just fine, but when I try to install, I get:

    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 383 not upgraded.


    I then opened up KPackageKit and tried to update that way, but as soon as it checks dependencies I get an error saying that I do not have the necessary priviledges to install the updates.

    So, my question is, how do I log in with admin priviledges or log in as root? Also, shouldnt the updater prompt me for a root password so I can install the updates?

    Thanks!

    #2
    Re: Updates?

    Hi, and welcome!

    On the command line: the second command should be

    "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

    Hopefully, this will also fix the LPackageKit, otherwise please post back and we'll help ypu (most likely you are missing plicikit, but we need to know because this is a bug that is presumably fixed)

    Best luck!

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      #3
      Re: Updates?

      Awesome! It is installing updates right now. Thank you!

      *edit*

      I'll let you know if it fixes that KPackagekit as well.

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        #4
        Re: Updates?

        Originally posted by LOB
        I have enabled the root password...
        Did you mean that litterally? In *buntu, the root password account is disabled by default. Yes, it can be enabled, but it is highly recommended that you don't, as it isn't needed. If/when you need root priveleges to do something, sudo command (from the CLI) is all you need. This gives you the ability to execute the command 'as root' for a specified period of time (configurable). If you need to operate as root longer, then sudo su - at the CLI will do that.

        Are you familiar with how root works in *buntu?
        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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          #5
          Re: Updates?

          @LOB: you are welcome! Let's see what happens with KPackageKit. This is the bug report I referred to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...de/+bug/353278

          If kpackageit is still not getting a root password, you can try installing policykit:
          "sudo apt-get install policykit"

          Please let us know (either here, or better in the bug report) if you need to do that, so this has a chance of being fixed for other people.

          @Snowhog: I think "enabled the root passowrd" was meant to describe what "sudo" does, but that's a good point.

          FWIW: Another way to sudo for an indefinite time in a shell session is "sudo -i".

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            #6
            Re: Updates?

            Good tips...thx guys.


            Just ran into another issue when trying to enable my wireless. When I open System --> Hardware Drivers, it crashes after I enter my password. If I run the command:

            /usr/bin/jockey-kde

            I get:

            $ jockey-kde
            Traceback (most recent call last):
            File "/usr/bin/jockey-kde", line 28, in <module>
            from PyKDE4.kdecore import *
            ImportError: No module named kdecore



            Any ideas?

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              #7
              Re: Updates?

              Originally posted by Snowhog
              Originally posted by LOB
              I have enabled the root password...
              Did you mean that litterally? In *buntu, the root password account is disabled by default. Yes, it can be enabled, but it is highly recommended that you don't, as it isn't needed. If/when you need root priveleges to do something, sudo command (from the CLI) is all you need. This gives you the ability to execute the command 'as root' for a specified period of time (configurable). If you need to operate as root longer, then sudo su - at the CLI will do that.

              Are you familiar with how root works in *buntu?
              Yes, I did mean that literally. I was grasping at straws withvthe update error, so I figured it might help. I wasnt aware that the sudo command was essentially the same thing.

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                #8
                Re: Updates?

                I think you are missing
                http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/python-kde4

                Just install it and that would do. You can do it from KPackageKit. Or, in the worst case, from the command line with "sudo apt-get install python-kde4"

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                  #9
                  Re: Updates?

                  I tried to install that, but I got a message saying the most current one is already installed. So I ran another update and saw this as the new updates installed:


                  Setting up python-kde4 (4:4.3.2-0ubuntu3) ...

                  Setting up apport-kde (1.9.3-0ubuntu2)


                  After the install completed I was able to open Hardware Drivers and enable my wireless!

                  Also, KPackageKit now works properly.

                  Thanks for all your help!

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                    #10
                    Re: Updates?

                    Excellent, thanks for the feedback! This means things are ok in Karmic, I was afraid there could be an issue with the jockey-kde packaging, and that's not pretty two weeks away from the release

                    Enjoy Karmic, it is really, really nice!

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