Updates?

[LOB]

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!

[lmilano]

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!

[LOB]

Re: Updates?

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

*edit*

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

[Snowhog]

Re: Updates?

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?

[lmilano]

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".

[LOB]

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?

[LOB]

Re: Updates?

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.

[lmilano]

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"

[LOB]

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!

[lmilano]

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!