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Missing Update Manager

Asked by Rontpa

Running in Microsoft Virtual PC
I started the upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 and left it unattended overnight.
My PC rebooted due to Microsoft auto update. So any messages were lost.
I can not determine how far the upgrade got.
Now I still have 7.04 but when I click on the Update Manager nothing happens.

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Rolando Blanco (rolando) said : 		#1

Try to update in a terminal window, open a terminal in Applicactions > Accesories > Terminal

Then type:

                        sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade

Let me know any kind of error please.

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Rontpa (rswjbr) said : 		#2

Your command line restored tne Update Manager with two errors:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

These did not seem significant, Please advise if otherwise.

Once restored I was able to run the upgrade to 7.10. It started over from step 1 "Preparing the Upgrade" and completed sucessfully.

Thank you for your help.