Warning Received Regarding Update

[anonprivate]

What should I do regarding these updates

See graphic attachment

[Snowhog]

This just means that the packages haven't been 'signed' by the developer/package maintainer, or the signature hasn't been imported (see claydoh's comment on this). Generally, if the packages were installed previously by you, then go ahead and click the Continue button.

[claydoh]

This sort of message can happen if one manually adds a ppa entry to their sources.list file without also importing it's gpg authentication key as well.

[anonprivate]

Thank you for responding.

Since I am using the Update Manager, I assume that all updates replace existing software.

I received another update today and was not given the chance to enter my password. I received the following message when trying to install a different set of updates from the above mentioned (these updates were not installed and have not yet reappeared).

The latest message reads:

'Authentication Error'

'This operation cannot continue since proper authorisation was not provided'.

As stated, I did not received the password utility box!

[Qqmike]

I received another update today and was not given the chance to enter my password. I received the following message when trying to install a different set of updates from the above mentioned (these updates were not installed and have not yet reappeared).
The latest message reads:
'Authentication Error'
'This operation cannot continue since proper authorisation was not provided'.
As stated, I did not received the password utility box!

I've had this happen on (rare) occasion, in my 14.04 and in versions previous to 14.04. I don't know what it is or how to fix it. I do know that it tends to clear up (somehow). Sometimes, I ignore it for a couple days.

In general, when things like this happen, and feeling like I should do something, I start doing things. Like open, then close Muon. Open Muon, click Check for updates. Close Muon. Re-boot your computer. Especially re-boot and see if anything changes (for the better, that is).

There is no evidence that your permissions are goofed up (the .Xauthority thing & etc.). Another thing one can play with is to try to fix Apt. However, in your case, there is no evidence that Apt is stuck or broken. In any case, I'm fairly certain this can't hurt, and it gives you something to try. This is kind of a standard formula you'll see around here, although some users modify the sequence of these commands (the question being apt-get update, where to put it and why and when). No matter, at Konsole:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
Then do:
sudo apt-get update
Then do:
sudo apt-get -f install

(Then, maybe, try to open Muon and Check for updates again ...)

[anonprivate]

Thanks for responding.

I ended up rebooting the machine.

After the reboot, the update icon appeared and I started the update, but this time the authentication box appeared and I completed the update.

Still no sign of that unverified package (top of thread).

Best wishes.

[Qqmike]

anonprivate, Good, glad it got itself going (somehow) ... gremlins, possibly?

[anonprivate]

That update at the head of this thread has re-appeared, but it is still unverified. Should not the author verify this package?

[claydoh]

Yes, and they probably are - and since this doesn't happen with every package upgrade, I'm guessing it's from a ppa. Usually the authentication keys are imported when using add-apt-repository, or (iirc) adding the "ppa:" url via the Software Sources configuration found in muon. Manually adding a line into the sources.list file does not also import the keys.

To see what's missing, next time you see this, don't update via muon, and instead run apt-get update and dist-upgrade in a terminal. This will give us a more informative error and tell us what key is missing. We can then import it, and it will be fine after that


Sent from my LG G4

[anonprivate]

Thank you for the information.

Just to check my understanding.

The next time I will start a terminal - does this need to sudo or just a terminal?

Type: apt-get update dist-upgrade return
This should update and upgrade or give messages.

Best wishes.

[claydoh]

use sudo.

Yes, it will fetch update information, and when it tries to do an update, it will complain about unverified packages and the warning message will tell us specifically which key is missing, which is pretty easy to import once we know.

[vinnywright]

Type: apt-get update dist-upgrade return

Type:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and press enter/return

This should update and upgrade or give messages.

this will update the package list and upgrade the packages AND/OR give messages of problems.


VINNY

[anonprivate]

repost

[Snowhog]

Wrong command. Correct commands are:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

You can combine them on one line:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[anonprivate]

I received the following information. What does it signify:

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [64.4 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [102 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [4,035 B]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [32.3 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [2,357 B]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [378 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [12.7 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [122 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [4,955 B]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en [220 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en [2,437 B]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en [3,206 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en [71.6 kB]
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Get:14 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [64.4 kB]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Get:15 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [248 kB]
Get:16 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources [5,359 B]
Get:17 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [146 kB]
Get:18 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources [5,161 B]
Get:19 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [659 kB]
Get:20 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [15.6 kB]
Get:21 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [334 kB]
Get:22 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [13.1 kB]
Get:23 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en [342 kB]
Get:24 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en [6,832 B]
Get:25 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en [3,699 B]
Get:26 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en [175 kB]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Fetched 3,039 kB in 29s (104 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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patchutils python3-aptdaemon python3-defer t1utils
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be upgraded:
libnss3 libnss3-1d libnss3-nssdb libpng12-0
4 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 1,205 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpng12-0 i386 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2 [119 kB]
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libnss3-1d i386 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 [9,306 B]
Get:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libnss3-nssdb all 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 [10.6 kB]
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libnss3 i386 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 [1,067 kB]
Fetched 1,205 kB in 3s (365 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 1079264 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libpng12-0_1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libpng12-0:i386 (1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2) over (1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libnss3-1d_2%3a3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libnss3-1d:i386 (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2) over (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libnss3-nssdb_2%3a3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2_all.deb ...
Unpacking libnss3-nssdb (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2) over (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libnss3_2%3a3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libnss3:i386 (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2) over (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up libpng12-0:i386 (1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2) ...
Setting up libnss3-nssdb (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2) ...
Setting up libnss3:i386 (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2) ...
Setting up libnss3-1d:i386 (2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$

I note that some of the installed packages are no longer required!

Should I type:

apt-get autoremove

Do I need sudo?


Thanks