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ubuntu wont update or open synaptic package manager

Asked by crazyfro

basicly the header says it all, i cant get the synaptic package manager to open anymore and i cant update my os either. everytime i try to, it freezes the update box and shuts down my internet access :( i tried to update from the terminal but the update box still shows up. i just transferred over from windows so im a bit slow on the linux lingo. i really like ubuntu and i wanna get it to work! Is there anything i can do like safemode and fix it?

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Knut Karevoll (gnonthgol) said : 		#1

I don't think you have done the right things in the terminal. A few words from the Ubuntu ligo:
Update: Download information on the packages available to install from the repositories.
Upgrade: Find out what packages have a newer file in the repository and download them and install them.

Basicly you should first run "sudo apt-get update" to update the local package information, then "sudo apt-get upgrade" to upgrade the packages.

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Best Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#2

What do you see if you got to a terminal window (Applications, Accessories menu) and run the following

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This is doing the same as synaptic without the user interface

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crazyfro (albert-chu) said : 		#3

Thanks Tony Mugan, that solved my question.