Update Manager Needs Update & STOPS WORKING

[anthony baldwin]

Aaron Duncan wrote:

> I have been trying to use this absolutely worthless update manager for 
> a week.  I am using a Dell Optiplex 270 with a P4.  The OS works fine 
> and runs applications just as nice.  However, the update manager that 
> pops up tells me there are 5 updates available.  I double click the 
> icon to view said updates to find that one of them is an update to the 
> update manager itself.  No matter what I check or uncheck on the list, 
> when I choose to install them, THAT'S IT.  All I get is a rotating 
> 'wait until you fall asleep' icon for the mouse pointer.  It's 
> annoying as hell.  Bear in mind, this is the very first time I have 
> tried to use linux, so your fancy jargon regarding such will only 
> confuse and irritate me more.  Please, keep it simple.  Is there a way 
> to do the updates through terminal?  I am slowly learning how to use 
> that and some of its commands.  However, as of late, the most used 
> command is KILL as I have to smash the update manager to get my 
> machine back.  Can any one help?  Dumb it down if you have to, but 
> please, don't discourage me even more.
>
> Aaron

% sudo apt-get update
% sudo apt-get upgrade

That should update the repos, grab the headers for the updates, and the 
act accordingly, as far as I understand.

If it doesn´t succeed in installing the updates to adept, at the very 
least, it should give some kind of
output/error msg(s) that you could post here that would be helpful for 
an expert to diagnose the issue.
Of course, that expert won´t be me.
I´m not an expert, in all truth, which, is why I am answering you, because,
sometimes another non-expert, but at least one with some experience with 
the OS, can be helpful.
I feel your frustration, and would like to see you get through this.
Having used Linux for 7 years now, I can say that it is well worth the 
initial aggravation of having to learn to
jump through a few new hoops.  I also know how dumbfounding a lot of it 
can be at first, too.
Some of it is a lot simpler than it looks, once you get used to it, and 
some of it is
far more complex than I could have imagined, but, all the same, as I 
said, I have
now successfully used Linux for 7 years, and my entire business and the 
livelihood of my family
are now dependent on the work I do on this here Linux box.
I wouldn´t entrust that to a Windows box, that´s for sure.

good luck
tony

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