update manager not working

[Bill Vance]

In a cli window, type:

    apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade

If you want it to do that regularly, you can add it to /etc/crontab.

Bill


On Sat, 28 Feb 2015, Thomas wrote:

> Good evening
> I have kubuntu 14.04, 64-bit version, installed on Dell Inspirion 1545.
> This is an "experimental machine", not for production.
>
> I have not used the computer for a few weeks, so I thought, it might be 
> time for some "updates".
> * The update manager does NOT automatically notifiy me of the presence 
> of available updates.
> * Started manually (once) it ran for a while and then closed down with 
> some error which I could not take notes of quickly enough.
> * Restarted update manager -> it "runs" forever without doing anything.
>    -> ANY attempts of stopping it, logging out or shutting down using 
> keyboard or mouse failed.
>    -> the ONLY way out was to cut the power supply.
>
> After a few hours I tried again.
> Now it tells me, the last update check is more than a week ago and I 
> should click on "Check for updates".
> However, there is no such button; at least I cannot find it anywhere.
>
> Is there any chance of making kubuntu do what it is supposed to do?
> I mean WITHOUT all the extremely high-level computer skills that are 
> usually suggested and way beyong my capabilities ...
>
> Thank you.
> Thomas
>
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