[PLUG] Ubuntu Mate Update Weirdness

[Bruce Kilpatrick]

I replied earlier to this post and it went to Dick's email instead of 
the list.  Reposting for your comments.

Showing up a little late to the conversation, I found this:

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/10/virtualbox-reached-5-2-major-release-how-to-install/ 


Bruce
 >

> 
> On 02/27/2018 04:30 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>> I'm running Ubuntu MATE 16.04.
>>
>> The Software Updater showed up this afternoon. When I try to run it I 
>> get an error message:
>>
>>      Failed to download repository information. Check your Internet 
>> connection.
>>
>> When I "Try Again" it repeats. When I click "OK" I get a window that 
>> starts out with:
>>
>>      Some software couldn't be checked for updates.
>>
>> And then it gives me a long list. When I click "Install Now" I get the 
>> Authenticate window, into which I type my password. When I click 
>> "Authenticate" I get another window that says:
>>
>>      Requires installation of untrusted packages
>>      This requires installing packages from unauthenticated sources.
>>
>> I'm given the option of "Settings..." or "OK". When I click on 
>> "Settings..." I'm given a window with all the settings for Software 
>> Updater, but no hint of any that need adjusting. I click "OK" and I 
>> see a window that starts with:
>>
>>      Updated software is available for this computer. Do you want to 
>> install it now?
>>      The computer also needs to restart to finishing previous updates.
>>
>> The long list of software to be updated is displayed under that. When 
>> I click "Install Now" it loops back to:
>>
>>      Requires installation of untrusted packages
>>      This requires installing packages from unauthenticated sources.
>>
>> Since one of the messages told me the computer needed to be restarted 
>> to finish previous updates, I did that. And before starting anything 
>> else, like Thunderbird, I ran Software Updater. It went through the 
>> same series of windows, but when I clicked on "Install" this time, the 
>> window exited without doing anything that I could see.
>>
>> I searched for what log to look at. The results indicated I should 
>> look in /var/log/apt. The last entries in history.log and term.log 
>> were on 2018-02-24 at 06:52:42.
>>
>> Is there another log I should look in to see what's going on with 
>> Software Updater? Also, has anyone else seen this problem? Is there a 
>> different tree I should be barking up?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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