I replied earlier to this post and it went to Dick's email instead of
the list. Reposting for your comments.
Showing up a little late to the conversation, I found this:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/10/virtualbox-reached-5-2-major-release-how-to-install/
Bruce
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On 02/27/2018 04:30 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
I'm running Ubuntu MATE 16.04.
The Software Updater showed up this afternoon. When I try to run it I
get an error message:
Failed to download repository information. Check your Internet
connection.
When I "Try Again" it repeats. When I click "OK" I get a window that
starts out with:
Some software couldn't be checked for updates.
And then it gives me a long list. When I click "Install Now" I get the
Authenticate window, into which I type my password. When I click
"Authenticate" I get another window that says:
Requires installation of untrusted packages
This requires installing packages from unauthenticated sources.
I'm given the option of "Settings..." or "OK". When I click on
"Settings..." I'm given a window with all the settings for Software
Updater, but no hint of any that need adjusting. I click "OK" and I
see a window that starts with:
Updated software is available for this computer. Do you want to
install it now?
The computer also needs to restart to finishing previous updates.
The long list of software to be updated is displayed under that. When
I click "Install Now" it loops back to:
Requires installation of untrusted packages
This requires installing packages from unauthenticated sources.
Since one of the messages told me the computer needed to be restarted
to finish previous updates, I did that. And before starting anything
else, like Thunderbird, I ran Software Updater. It went through the
same series of windows, but when I clicked on "Install" this time, the
window exited without doing anything that I could see.
I searched for what log to look at. The results indicated I should
look in /var/log/apt. The last entries in history.log and term.log
were on 2018-02-24 at 06:52:42.
Is there another log I should look in to see what's going on with
Software Updater? Also, has anyone else seen this problem? Is there a
different tree I should be barking up?
Thanks.
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