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Not able to update system

Asked by Peder Hjulmand

I have 176 updates available as per the update icon, but when i ask the system to update the cursor indicates that it is working on the the problem, but nothing happens.
The problem started right after i updated to Ubuntu 8.04.
The "add programs" function behaves in a similar way.

The hardware is a 800 mhz Pentium III, with 512 mb Ram and 42 gb hdd.

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Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#1

Thanks for the question.

You might have a problem with a package that did not get installed or upgraded correctly.

Could you please try from the commandline terminal

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

if you get an error you can try

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -a

if you get an error, please paste it here so we can have a look.

Thanks

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Peder Hjulmand (pederhj) said : 		#2

The first option solved the problem without any fuss!
Thanks.