How to Update apt?

gentisle · 08-29-2021, 11:42 PM

Hi all,
Linuxmint 17.3 KDE Rosa (yes, I know it's old, but it does what I want (make .isos out of my DVDs to watch from my hard drive), and new Linux does not -- to my knowledge). I am using K3b to do so.

Anyway, when I

Code:

sudo apt update

I get:

Quote:

W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package libcuda1
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Searching the web, it seems to say either there is a problem package or apt itself needs updating (I suspect this because reading several pages says that my apt is too old for some of the programs I have installed -- and why not? It's an older version of Linuxmint). But when I downloaded apt_1.0.10.2.tar.xz from Debian, and unpacked, tried to compile, I get this:

Code:

./configure
configure: error: cannot run /bin/bash buildlib/config.sub

I tried this under bash, sh, and csh, and all exactly the same output. There is NO config.sub anywhere on the hard drive period (I used the find command as well as a shell program I have used for decades to search for it). I don't know if the lack of the file on the system would give that error. I could never comprehend coding, though I wanted to and tried to.

BTW, my install of VLC does not seem to respond to any of the settings I change. Have I installed from the wrong repos?

Code:

inxi -Sr
System:    Host: some-old-host Kernel: 4.4.0-148-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 4.14.2
           Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-trusty.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mc3man-mpv-tests-trusty.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/mpv-tests/ubuntu trusty main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/mpv-tests/ubuntu trusty main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http://mirrors.xmission.com/linuxmint rosa main upstream import
           deb http://extra.linuxmint.com rosa main
           deb http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/linux/ubuntu trusty main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/linux/ubuntu trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-esm-infra-trusty.list
           deb https://esm.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-infra-security main
           deb https://esm.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-infra-updates main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-stable-daily-trusty.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu trusty main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu trusty main

So is there a way to update the apt app? Thanks.

pan64 · 08-30-2021, 03:32 AM

I guess you need to upgrade mint, not only apt
you can [try to] upgrade apt by: apt upgrade apt
newer distros can make iso from dvd too.

michaelk · 08-30-2021, 08:35 AM

As far as I know Mint 17 is no longer supported and since Ubuntu Trusty is in ESM the only updates you will get is for security patches. Otherwise the software in the repositories are frozen and you can not update to something newer.

I agree with pan64 and would not know why a newer distribution could not create an ISO from DVD. You probably should upgrade to the latest version of Mint but I suggest installing from scratch versus trying to upgrade.

HappyTux · 08-30-2021, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

As far as I know Mint 17 is no longer supported and since Ubuntu Trusty is in ESM the only updates you will get is for security patches. Otherwise the software in the repositories are frozen and you can not update to something newer.

I agree with pan64 and would not know why a newer distribution could not create an ISO from DVD. You probably should upgrade to the latest version of Mint but I suggest installing from scratch versus trying to upgrade.

Indeed way to old instead of new install I would suggest running from a USB stick in live test mode for a while. Using the latest version of the Mint for a time with the partition mounted on the internal hard drive for the data storage testing out new ways to make the .iso files perhaps using the command line and dd as a last resort if no graphical program will do it. You can even install software doing this with these lastest versions of them live sticks.

computersavvy · 08-30-2021, 06:09 PM

You said you are using K3b. That certainly is able to copy the disk to an iso even with the newest version. No reason to stay with an outdated distro release just because of that.

K3b is also not the only tool with that capability.

gentisle · 08-30-2021, 10:22 PM

Thanks to all who replied.

Re: K3b and older Linuxmint
Originally, I installed Linuxmint 20.2 Cinnamon, and added K3b. I proceeded to make .isos for 68 of my discs. All was fine. Then it stopped, and K3b gave me an error that said I needed to install transend. After researching, I found that transend has not been maintained for years. So, I got to thinking, why did it do 68 discs w/no problem, then stop. Then I remembered I had installed Handbrake about that time. So I tried uninstalling Handbrake to no avail. Then I re-installed the OS with an HDD wipe to insure no problems. But 20.2 would not make isos anymore (same transend error). So I put the older Linuxmint on, and I'm saving those discs to HDD w/no problem. That is why I do not use the new Linuxmint, which I would prefer. I also tried Kubuntu 20.4.2 (if I'm remembering the latest version number correctly). Again, K3b asked for transend, but there is no package by that name anymore. I tried using another media player (the name escapes me) program to save the .mkv file to disk, but it doesn't save all the extra things (at least there was no normal menu from that DVD image), so I abandoned that one. I have been thinking of installing an Arch Linux w/KDE to see if that will give me what I want, but Arch is a "manual" install, and I just want to be done with this task, and then learn more Linux later. Still looking for an upgrade for apt. BTW, apt upgrade apt does not work, either. So I am thinking this old version just won't hold up, so I will do my discs, then re-install with something newer.

FWIW, here is the output of the apt upgrade apt situation;

Code:

sudo apt upgrade apt

Quote:

[sudo] password for you:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
apt is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

234 additional updates are available with UA Infrastructure ESM.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable
See https://ubuntu.com/advantage or run: sudo ua status

To which I replied:

Code:

sudo apt list --upgradable |more

Quote:

apt
Usage: apt command [options]
apt help command [options]

...and this is what it gave me -- as if I had just type 'apt' at the command line!

Commands:
add-repository - Add entries to apt sources.list
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
build - Build binary or source packages from sources
build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
changelog - View a package's changelog
check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
clean - Erase downloaded archive files
contains - List packages containing a file
content - List files contained in a package
deb - Install a .deb package
depends - Show raw dependency information for a package
dist-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages
download - Download the .deb file for a package
dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
held - List all held packages
help - Show help for a command
hold - Hold a package
install - Install/upgrade packages
policy - Show policy settings
purge - Remove packages and their configuration files
recommends - List missing recommended packages for a particular package
rdepends - Show reverse dependency information for a package
reinstall - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package
remove - Remove packages
search - Search for a package by name and/or expression
show - Display detailed information about a package
source - Download source archives
sources - Edit /etc/apt/sources.list with nano
unhold - Unhold a package
update - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
upgrade - Perform a safe upgrade
version - Show the installed version of a package
This apt has Super Cow Powers

HappyTux · 08-30-2021, 11:56 PM

Knew there had to be a way to get it, Makemkv a lovely little program to rip DVD/BluRay disks to .mkv files one per title on the disk.

https://launchpad.net/~heyarje/+arch...u/makemkv-beta

It does get a little annoying having to put in a key ever month or two but it is free while in beta.

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/view...php?f=5&t=1053

gentisle · 08-31-2021, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Knew there had to be a way to get it, Makemkv a lovely little program to rip DVD/BluRay disks to .mkv files one per title on the disk.

Actually, that was not the one I used. It was something included in the normal distro. I did however, try MakeMKV on Windows, but it crapped out without doing anything.

HappyTux · 09-01-2021, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gentisle

Actually, that was not the one I used. It was something included in the normal distro. I did however, try MakeMKV on Windows, but it crapped out without doing anything.

Strange works flawlessly on my Mac.

knudfl · 09-01-2021, 01:53 AM

Ubuntu 14.04 trusty : Today´s /etc/apt/sources.list

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# 14.04 trusty

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports multiverse universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security multiverse universe

gentisle · 09-01-2021, 08:40 PM

@knudfl

I will try those repositories, to see what happens. Thanks.