Re: [ubuntu-uk] "Could not Calculate the Upgrade" -- help needed please
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 10:18:27PM +, Louis Gidney wrote: > Hello Alan, > Thank you kindly for your prompt reply. I have not > replied earlier because I have been out most of the day. No problem. > PS. Now I've just clicked the update icon, and I get > the same result as I described earlier with message: > "Could not Calculate the Upgrade". You will until you fix the following issue... > Hit http://ftp.debian.org etch Release > Err http://ftp.debian.org etch Release > ^^^ this I believe is the issue. You have a reference to a debian repository on an Ubuntu system. This cannot be good. Remove is like this:- Applications --> Accessories --> terminal sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list comment out (or remove) the lines referencing "debian.org" by either deleting them completely or putting a "#" character at the start of those line(s). Then save the file, exit the editor and run the following command again:- sudo apt-get update Then try to do the update via the graphical tool. A word of warning, it's possible that packages have in the past come into your system from that debian repository. It is _possible_ this may cause conflicts with other installed, or yet to be installed, ubuntu packages. Lets see what happens after we do the above though eh before we panic :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] "Could not Calculate the Upgrade" -- help needed please
Hi Louis, On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:20:07AM +, Louis Gidney wrote: > Anyway, I then click on Partial Upgrade. Enter my > administration password. Then after a few moments up > comes the message: > > // \\ > *C**ould not Calculate the Upgrade* > > [ X Close ] > \\ // > > Can you please try this:- Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal. In the box type this commmand:- sudo apt-get update Then this one:- sudo apt-get dist-upgrade And paste the results of those commands in your reply to this mail? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] "Could not Calculate the Upgrade" -- help needed please
Hello All, I would be most grateful if anyone would tell me whether there is a way out of the following: ( I have v.7.10 ) I click on the "there are some upgrades" icon. The update manager starts up, does some preliminary things, then comes up with the following message: // \\ * Not all updates can be installed* Run a partial upgrade, to install as many updates as possible. This may be cause by: * A previous upgrade which didn't complete * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ununtu * Normal changes of a pre-release version of Ubuntu [Partial Upgrade] [ X Close ] \\ // I can't think it can be any of those reasons (except possibly the last). I have not done anything unusual or adventurous. Anyway, I then click on Partial Upgrade. Enter my administration password. Then after a few moments up comes the message: // \\ *C**ould not Calculate the Upgrade* [ X Close ] \\ // Regards, Louis Gidney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
