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update-manager package

broken packet must be fixed before ugrade

Asked by 123a123b123clouis howard

update manager is saying i must fix brocken packags before it can upgrade and terminal gets to the point of upgrading but then just stops meanwhile my computer is 1 third of the way through the upgrade .the terminal asked me if i wanted to upgrade because it said 50 software pakets were unsupported. I am running 11.4,also my signin stats are wroung they <email address hidden> " i would be quite happy if you just wipe computer clean and download the next OS if thats the easy way out of this.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.150.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: d5b92c664b717504e70d9796d04b1ce0
CheckboxSystem: 2954e74ba17fb0e37fc942cd1d9fab4e
Date: Tue Nov 15 14:57:24 2011
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
 /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
 /apps/update-manager/show_details=true
 /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-11-14 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:

VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog:

VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz:

VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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Phil. V (philip.v) said : 		#1

This doesn't seem to be a bug, so I'm going to convert this to a question.

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enubuntu (mr.tennents) said : 		#2

Please open a terminal by hitting CTRL + ALT + T then insert and run this command:
sudo apt-get update
uname -a
lsb_release -a

Then copy and paste here all the output.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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