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Update Manager won't install updates

Asked by Colm Armstrong

Hi, in Update Manager there is a package under Other Updates described as Apply a diff file to an original. Even if I deselect it the error 'Requires installation of untrusted packages.' comes up. None of the updates in the list get installed.

Below is the description of the package blocking the updates. It also says it is from a source that does not support changelogs.

'Patch will take a patch file containing any of the four forms of difference listing produced by the diff program and apply those differences to an original file, producing a patched version.'

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a

Thanks

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

Hi ,
maybe this is a package from an external repository you added ?

Can you please provide some more info ?
Open a terminal and post back the results of
===========================
cat /etc/lsb-release && uname -r
ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
===========================

If this is a package update from an external repository then maybe you must delete this specific repository and problem will gone.

See the repositories with
===============================
gksudo software-properties-gtk
===============================
go to "Other Software" to examine the PPAs.
Thanks

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Colm Armstrong (colmarmstrong) said : 		#3

Hi NikTH, thanks for your response. The terminal output is below. I haven't intentionally added any external repositories.

tony@tonyV:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release && uname -r
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
3.2.0-29-generic
tony@tonyV:~$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
oneiric-partner.list oneiric-partner.list.distUpgrade
tony@tonyV:~$

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Colm Armstrong (colmarmstrong) said : 		#4

Hi actionparsnip, thanks for responding. I've sent you a copy of the terminal output.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Please post the text here. That is the entire idea behind a forum....

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Colm Armstrong (colmarmstrong) said : 		#6

Hi actionparsnip, this is the terminal output.

tony@tonyV:~$ sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a
[sudo] password for tony:
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [39.7 kB]
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [1,950 B]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [10.2 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1,386 B]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [160 kB]
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [3,968 B]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [39.6 kB]
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,369 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 310 kB in 37s (8,189 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
tony@tonyV:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5

Will import the key you need

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Colm Armstrong (colmarmstrong) said : 		#8

Hi actionparsnip, I tried the commands you suggested a few times. They didn't solve the problem.

A few days ago the OS reported it had detected a problem with a system program. I'm guessing it was Update Manager. It sent an error report, after asking for my Admin password.

Today, I had a very bad crash. The screen flickered a lot opening different windows. Within a few seconds the OS recovered. I looked at the error report. It said Compiz encountered an error.

I had being planning a fresh reinstall of Ubuntu anyway. So went ahead with it today. Everything is running smoothly. I have a nice fresh OS now.

The problem is solved now. Possibly in the past I downloaded an application that led to the Update Manager problem.