Unable to do updates. Need help

Asked by Brandon

Trying to install updates for my computer, and it won't do anything.
When click "Install Updates" it just checks for updates.

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Brandon (mrbig300lbs) said :
#1

How do I install updates?

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Paolo Naldini (hattory) said :
#2

Excuse, but you must give us more informations.
If you type in a terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
What happens?

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Brandon (mrbig300lbs) said :
#3

Thank you its doing updates.
I knew I could do it from the terminal but didn't know the command.

Naldini Paolo <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #13427 on Ubuntu changed:
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Naldini Paolo proposed the following answer:
Excuse, but you must give us more informations.
If you type in a terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
What happens?

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Paolo Naldini (hattory) said :
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But which distribution you are using?
Output of the command is:
bash: sudo: command not found ?
If it isn't, please put the output here!
bye

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Brandon (mrbig300lbs) said :
#5

I am using Ubuntu 7.04, the update worked but unable to update some of the security features.

Naldini Paolo <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #13427 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/13427

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Naldini Paolo proposed the following answer:
But which distribution you are using?
Output of the command is:
bash: sudo: command not found ?
If it isn't, please put the output here!
bye

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Brandon (mrbig300lbs) said :
#6

Yeah, I used the "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade"
and it did the update fine. But, it was unable to update the linux-headers-generic, linux-image-generic, and linux-restricted-models-generic.

Brandon <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #13427 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/13427

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You are still having a problem:
I am using Ubuntu 7.04, the update worked but unable to update some of
the security features.

Naldini Paolo wrote: Your question #13427 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/13427

    Status: Open => Answered

Naldini Paolo proposed the following answer:
But which distribution you are using?
Output of the command is:
bash: sudo: command not found ?
If it isn't, please put the output here!
bye

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Best Paolo Naldini (hattory) said :
#7

For those packages you must type in a terminal this command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Tell us if this solve the problem

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Brandon (mrbig300lbs) said :
#8

Thanks Naldini Paolo, that solved my question.