update-manager

Unable to update battery-status ppa

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I’m using Ubuntu 14.04. I’m getting this error W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/iaz/battery-status/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/iaz/battery-status/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. when I try this sudo apt-get update How do I fix this? Answer That PPA … Read more

Unable to install new software due to dartvm?

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I recently tried running this command to install the dart vm: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https # Get the Google Linux package signing key. $ sudo sh -c ‘curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -‘ # Set up the location of the stable repository. $ sudo sh -c ‘curl https://storage.googleapis.com/download.dartlang.org/linux/debian/dart_stable.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dart_stable.list’ … Read more

apt- sudo apt-get update not working!

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Here is the error message after running sudo apt-get update (only the error part) : W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/source/Sources Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en Hash Sum mismatch … Read more

Impossible to get information from update manager

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When I press the button “check” to find updates, I always get this error: Failed to get information from repository W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/dylanmccall/ppa/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found, W:Failed to fetch htp://ppa.launchpad.net/dylanmccall/ppa/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/dylanmccall/ppa/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used … Read more

python troubles on ubuntu 12.04

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after a system updates I having troubles with a python based Apps The Updater-manager doesn’t download the updates packages, and I realized this python trobles because I use flexget for RSS downloading, which is Python based, and when I run it it return: ~$ flexget Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/bin/flexget”, line 5, in … Read more

Software Updater terminates unexpectedly

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I am currently facing the problem that Ubuntu Software Updater offers me to install some updates, but after hitting install the process terminates. This started last week and first I thought that the updater would maybe install the updates in the background (I haven’t got any crash reports). The updates have not been installed and … Read more

Why does what the updater tell me vary?

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I have updates set to run immediately: Why do I sometimes see this window, with “Updates are ready to install”: And sometimes see this, with “X.x MB to download”: Answer The download was triggered by the “security” setting. “when there are security updates” does not mean it downloads just the security updates. It will download … Read more

404 error while checking for update [duplicate]

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This question already has answers here: How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists? (9 answers) Closed 7 years ago. I tried to check for updates in mu ubuntu 14.04 and getting error W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/jconti/gnome3/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 … Read more

Distribution upgrade (12.04 -> 14.04 LTS) halted while unpacking/installing packages

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As the title states…it just stopped unpacking/installing. “Preparing to unpack …/lirc_0.9.0-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb …” then stopped in its tracks. Everything else is still running. The update manager process is still alive; if I hit ctrl-c, it gives me the warning message about leaving the system in a broken state. Also, if I run top, there is a … Read more