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Questions about the graphical interface update-manager, as opposed to the command line apt-get.

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How to disable the update manager popup?

I configured this: Automatically check for updates: Never But the update manager keeps poping up against my wishes, I have no control. I feel like I'm using Windows again. I want to be able to install updates from time to time, manually. What can I…
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"Require Installation Of Untrusted Packages" while upgrading with the update manager

It didn't fixed the error. So, how do I fix my GUI update? For every software I have to install it from command line because I got same error when install software from Ubuntu Software Center.
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E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages

I am not sure what caused this error, but here is what the whole error says, and also this is sitting as a notification, and preventing me from updating any software using Update Manager - Please provide some assistance or tell me how to figure out…
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Update Manager bug: Encountered a section with no Package: header

I tried to do an update to my system (12.04 LTA 64bit, on ACER aspire V5) got this: Could not initialize the package information An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the…
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Upgrade manager wants me to do a partial upgrade

So here is my story... I was doing upgrades to ubuntu the other day, and the power went out right in the middle of the upgrade, so now when I try to do upgrades it keeps asking me if I want to do a partial upgrade. I have heard this is bad and…
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How do I make Update Manager stop opening automatically?

Update Manager keeps opening automatically and it's getting very annoying, especially when I'm using Gnome Shell. How do I make it stop?
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Is there a way to change what time the update manager checks for updates?

I see where to set the frequency ie weekly, daily, etc, but not how to set what time of day it checks.
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how to remove update repo that always fails

A week or so ago I tried to add a new package repo that supposedly had a package I wanted. Unfortunately, the information about it was out of date, and I found that it fails to connect to it each time. I'd like to just remove the new repo, but I'm…
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Does the Update Manager have a log?

Possible Duplicate: Where can I look up my update history? If Update Manager has a log of updates installed, where can I find it? Alternatively, is there a list of these online somewhere?
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With the update manager constantly updating software, what does it really mean to upgrade Ubuntu?

I was a bit curious to know what a distribution (i.e. 10.04 to 10.10) upgrade really means. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems the update manager is constantly upgrading every piece of software on my computer and as I understand it, Ubuntu is a…
Olivier Lalonde
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Invisible software updates list in Software Updater

Today I received an update notification for three updates but update manager doesn't say what updates are they. Does anyone have a clue what this is about? How am I to check what is to be updated?
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Small blank Software Updater window

This just recently started happening, and I'm not sure why. Doesn't bother me too much, as I usually apt-get update/upgrade when needed, but it is kind of annoying. Just curious if anyone has seen this, and/or knows how to fix this.
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Software Updater popping up every day

Every day - some days more than once - a Software Updater appears in my left side bar. Is this normal in Ubuntu? Do I really have every day to see this and restart my computer? I don't want to miss the updates recommended for Ubuntu, but too often…
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How can I stop the Software Updater from nagging me to restart?

Software Updater has installed some new software. I'm largely not interested in this fact as I just use this machine as a file server and watch everything on my tablet or Windows machine. However, every time I connect to the machine, I see…
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Update manager won't install from un-authenticated sources

My update manager shows updates available. When I click on install updates it shows the following and does not update. The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources. in details: accountsservice cups…
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