I cannot install updates - 15.10

[GranPaSmurf]

I see that there a number of updates, both applications and system updates. When I select 'Install Updates' a dialog box pops for about a tenth of a second, then I get the notice 'This operation cannot continue since proper authorization was not provided.'
Is there a re-configuration I can do to authorize these updates? Do I remember correctly from way back that I can set the system to run everything as 'root'?
Maybe that would work until the release of 16.04 then everything will work right, right?

[Snowhog]

Do it from the CLI: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Any difference?

[vinnywright]

it sounds like their is something amiss with the authentication app ,,,,,,try doing your updates from the command line this time and see what happens .

for standard safe upgrade (no packages will be replaced with newer versions ,,,just updates to the curent.)

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

for a more complete upgrade including replacing packages with newer versions ( I always use this one)

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

for a simulation ,,,,test run just to see what would happen without actually doing anything add the -s switch to it.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get [COLOR=#ff0000]-s[/COLOR] dist-upgrade

although that is not rely necessary as apt-get will ask if you want to proceed anyway ,,,,,,but it is a useful option for installing or removing packages.

VINNY

[vinnywright]

OOPS ,,,,ya snuck in their on me @Snowhog

VINNY

[jlittle]

I expect that one of the updates is flashplugin-installer. That often causes problems for GUI update managers; f.ex. I support a couple of Lubuntu users (on very old hardware) and their automatic updates choke whenever there's a new flashplugin-installer.

Regards, John Little

[GranPaSmurf]

Now it runs like it ought to!
Snowhog, I just ran the commands you gave and had a big stack of operations.
Afterward I ran the GUI updater and it halted where it should for me to enter my password, then it went forward and installed over 300 updates.\
Thanks to you both for the walk-through and the insights.
dk

[Shabakthanai]

When I had Kubuntu 15.04 or K15.10 installed this was a common problem in my installation. K15 is a very buggy beta in my system, however, when I installed Kubuntu 16.04 as an alternate OS in my dual-boot system, the problem no longer happened.

In fact, Kubuntu 16.04 is much more stable than K15, at least in my computer. It is also a bit faster during normal operation. There are still some problems with Plasma 5, but the system functions almost as good as the even more stable Kubuntu 14.04 LTS. As long as you Update, Upgrade or Dist-upgrade, daily and 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' as well, K16 is a wonderful and pretty much problem free Operating System. K15 was never stable when installed in my computer even when updated regularly.