8.04: Problem with Update Manager

Asked by peter

Hi

I've a problem with the Update Manager.

If I open it i have packages to install. And then I'll get the following error:

Not all updates can be installed
Run a partail upgrade, to install as many updates as possible.
This can be caused by:
- A previous upgrade which didn't complete
- Problems with some of the installed software
- Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
- Normal changes of a pre-release version of Ubuntu

The I can choose Partial Upgrade. If I do this, I'll get the following error:

Could not calculate the upgrade
A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
 This can be caused by:
 * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
 * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
 * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
This is most likely a transient problem, please try again later.

What can I do? Thanks for your help.
Peter

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said :
#1

Please paste the o/p of

sudo apt-get update here

please

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said :
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Thanks!

But the problem has solved. I runned the following sequence:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade solved the problem. Thanks a lot.
Peter