Update manager issues

[Chris]

On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 01:41 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 17 August 2016 at 22:40, Chris <cpollock at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Update manager popped up, clicked on 'install now' (believe that's
> > the
> > right wording). I left the room and when I came back instead of
> > seeing
> > the 'software is up to date' it had already closed out. Syslog
> > shows
> > this - https://pastebin.com/3xM7pYY1
> > 
> > Ubuntu 16.04.1, Gnome 3.18.3
> 
> My suggestion would be to open a terminal and try the following:
> 
> sudo -s
> apt install -f
> apt update
> apt dist-upgrade -y
> 
> ... to become root, fix any outstanding errors, and rerun the
> complete update.
> 
> If it works, then:
> 
> apt clean
> apt autoclean
> apt autoremove
> apt purge
> 
> ... and assuming all is well, then
> 
> shutdown -r now
> 
> ... to reboot.
> 
> 
Thanks Liam, apparently the update manager did work as there was
nothing to update.

Chris

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