On 06/08/2018 07:25 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
I'm getting an error message when using "Software Updater"
I am presented with a long list of updates. I click "Install Now",
type in my password when asked to authenticate, and then get a message
that says, "Requires installation of untrusted packages. This requires
installing packages from unauthenticated sources." I have two options,
"Settings..." and "Okay". When I click "OK" the window closes and
nothing else happens. When I click "Settings...", there's no obvious
thing to change. It doesn't tell me which packages are from untrusted
sources, so I can't skip those packages, or tell it to go ahead and
install them anyway.
I tried the solution found at:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/635037/software-updater-warning-requires-installation-of-untrusted-packages?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa
It let the "Software Updater" process run most of the way, but then
said, "Package operation failed. The installation or removal of a
software package failed." And again the options are "Settings" and
"OK" but no indication of which package raised the complaint. I
clicked on "Settings" and clicked through each of the tabs. When I
closed that window the "Software Updater" window returned with the
same long list. I clicked "Install Now", authenticated it, and it
failed again.
Any recommendations on how to figure out which package is causing the
problem?
Thanks.
A few minutes later I got a message to the effect that there was some
kind of system problem, did I want to report it? I said yes. It came
back and said it couldn't be reported because it wasn't an official
Ubuntu something or other. Then it said to remove all third party
whats-its. It would seem to me that if it knows what's causing the
problem, it could say what it is, or maybe direct me to the right log. Sigh.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
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