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Old 04-07-2007, 05:31 PM   #1
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Unhappy Why can't I update my version?


Why does Adept [in Kubuntu Feisty] tell one a new version upgrade is availalbe and then when one selects to install it it then tells you 'Could not download release notes' Please check that your internet connection is active??? How may I update my version??? Obviously I have a 'net connection or I couldn't run 'Fetch Updates'. I also ran 'sudo aptitude dist-upgrade' and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' and they did nothing at all. Anyone know what's up???
 
Old 04-08-2007, 06:01 AM   #2
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I've occasionally seen the "could not download release notes" thing before, and I suspect that it's just a server issue.

The recommended tool for Ubuntu upgrades is update-manager, which does a bit more than aptitude or apt-get. To see the command-line options:

update-manager --help
 
Old 04-08-2007, 03:22 PM   #3
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I've occasionally seen the "could not download release notes" thing before, and I suspect that it's just a server issue.

The recommended tool for Ubuntu upgrades is update-manager, which does a bit more than aptitude or apt-get. To see the command-line options:

update-manager --help
Thanks hob, I had to install update-manager [in Kubuntu]. According to it [I ran 'sudo update-manager --dist-upgrade'] my system is up to date. Adept PM is still offering a version update but still giving the same error 'Could not download release notes. Please check that your internet connection is active.' I understand that this is a reported bug and that a fix is in process. Question is the bug the error message or is it that it is offering a non-existant version upgrade and my system is in fact up to date?
 
Old 04-08-2007, 03:43 PM   #4
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AFAIK they all rely on APT, so I would treat "aptitude" as the definitive utility (it's the APT software that Debian recommend). The -s option of aptitude shows what the result of a command would be, without actually carrying it out, e.g.:

sudo aptitude update
aptitude -s dist-upgrade

You don't need sudo for the second command because it's just a test-run.
 
Old 04-08-2007, 04:54 PM   #5
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AFAIK they all rely on APT, so I would treat "aptitude" as the definitive utility (it's the APT software that Debian recommend). The -s option of aptitude shows what the result of a command would be, without actually carrying it out, e.g.:

sudo aptitude update
aptitude -s dist-upgrade

You don't need sudo for the second command because it's just a test-run.
Thanks again hob. I do generaly use aptitude. I did as you suggested:

:~$ aptitude -s dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Would download/install/remove packages.

I also filed this bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...pt/+bug/104542

I'm thinking the bug is in adept and that there isn't a version upgtade available [Feisty Testing to Feisty Release???]. I installed Feisty Testing some time ago but I think if I have the Feisty sources list that I automagically have the latest version of Feisty. I'm certainly no expert though, could also be wrong.

Sources.list:

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Alpha i386 (20070215)]/ feisty main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian/ unstable non-free

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ feisty-commercial main restricted universe multiverse
 
Old 04-09-2007, 12:38 PM   #6
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I'm thinking the bug is in adept and that there isn't a version upgtade available [Feisty Testing to Feisty Release???]. I installed Feisty Testing some time ago but I think if I have the Feisty sources list that I automagically have the latest version of Feisty. I'm certainly no expert though, could also be wrong.
Me neither - I don't really know how the Ubuntu-specific tools get the extra data that they use. When on betas I very occasionally find that the graphical update-manager hits a problem with an upgrade, possibly it's because of changes to package sets. Release versions always work fine.
 
  


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