MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
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Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
How to open the MintUpdate-Debian? I have 3 update pack installed but I can't find it
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
How to open the MintUpdate-Debian? I have 3 update pack installed but I can't find it.
I only have the Update Manager :S
I only have the Update Manager :S
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
They are the same thing.khaos wrote:How to open the MintUpdate-Debian? I have 3 update pack installed but I can't find it.
I only have the Update Manager :S
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
My system is working fine excerpt for the Update Manager. A few weeks ago it started with hanging after being started. Before that it worked flawlessly. The only way to end it is by agreeing to kill the process as it is not responding anymore. I'm using the advised repositories for "testing". I couldn't find any thread/post about a hanging update-manager, so I'm trying here to find anyone with an idea about what might be wrong. Thanks.
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
Well, actually for the Mint tools to work properly you should stick to the incoming/latest repos. They are already somewhat behind Debian 'testing' repos so maybe that's why the Update Manager broke (I don't use Mint, just Debian but this is kind of a common sense answer).msbln wrote:My system is working fine excerpt for the Update Manager. A few weeks ago it started with hanging after being started. Before that it worked flawlessly. The only way to end it is by agreeing to kill the process as it is not responding anymore. I'm using the advised repositories for "testing". I couldn't find any thread/post about a hanging update-manager, so I'm trying here to find anyone with an idea about what might be wrong. Thanks.
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
Ok, I'm always confused about what version I'm running. Here are my repos:
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
Well, is that "latest" or "testing". Looks like I mixed the two and it is "latest" not "testing", right?
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
Well, is that "latest" or "testing". Looks like I mixed the two and it is "latest" not "testing", right?
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
Ok, I found out:
- it is Latest
- repos are fine
It's working again. I hat a lot of notes and more lines in my resources.list. I deleted everything excerpt the 4 lines stated in the post before. Result: the Update Manager doesn't hang anymore.
One question remains: what Update Pack is on my system already? The Update Manager states: "Current Update Pack available: 3". What does that mean? Is it already on my system or do I still have to install it?
- it is Latest
- repos are fine
It's working again. I hat a lot of notes and more lines in my resources.list. I deleted everything excerpt the 4 lines stated in the post before. Result: the Update Manager doesn't hang anymore.
One question remains: what Update Pack is on my system already? The Update Manager states: "Current Update Pack available: 3". What does that mean? Is it already on my system or do I still have to install it?
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
msbin,
and what it says in the next line:
"Latest Update Pack used by this system"
and what it says in the next line:
"Latest Update Pack used by this system"
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
"Latest Update Pack used by this system: N/A"
So I guess I'm not using any Update Pack. But the Update Manager finishes always with "Your system is up to date".
Maybe I don't need any Update Pack? I'm a litte confused. Is everything alright or do I have to do something manually.
So I guess I'm not using any Update Pack. But the Update Manager finishes always with "Your system is up to date".
Maybe I don't need any Update Pack? I'm a litte confused. Is everything alright or do I have to do something manually.
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
msbin,
i believe that the answer for your questions is here:
my advise, if everything is working fine, keep it that way, all will resolved with UP4, if any error occur (like you want to install a program and get a msg saying that you can't because of unmet dependencies) you know why that happens
i believe that the answer for your questions is here:
without knowing exactly what was there (specially the others repos in there) we are a bit in the dark, but my guess is that somewhere there in the middle you had testing repos, you update your system in the meantime, and now mintupdate can't recognize the UP in use in the system;I hat a lot of notes and more lines in my resources.list. I deleted everything excerpt the 4 lines stated in the post before
my advise, if everything is working fine, keep it that way, all will resolved with UP4, if any error occur (like you want to install a program and get a msg saying that you can't because of unmet dependencies) you know why that happens
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
I think MUD is a good name for it, I belive it destroyed an install of mine! I'm a forgiving person, so I've re-installed LMDE with a different version, tried the Mint Updater Debian again, .... it's working as I type .... I'll see if I like it better after the update! I had forgotten about smxi, haven't used it since sidux, I'll go check it out, but I have always liked to use the CLI way of updating/upgrading.
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
@ zerozero
Thanks for the advise. I have no problem with waiting for UP4 as long the Update Manager is able to recognize it and to pull it in.
On ANOTHER system I've just installed the current LMDE-release (Sept.2011).
The repos of the freshly installed system are:
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
Maybe they should be checked first, before starting any update/upgrade-process. I'm confused about finding "latest" and "testing" repos mixed in here. Is that alright?
Thanks for the advise. I have no problem with waiting for UP4 as long the Update Manager is able to recognize it and to pull it in.
On ANOTHER system I've just installed the current LMDE-release (Sept.2011).
The repos of the freshly installed system are:
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
Maybe they should be checked first, before starting any update/upgrade-process. I'm confused about finding "latest" and "testing" repos mixed in here. Is that alright?
Last edited by msbln on Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
Due to another botched update (startup blackouts for 10 minutes or so), and, of course a subsequent re-install, I am only using for now, which is working fine for me. I'll be holding off on using the updater until all the bugs are worked out, since I'm not a computer geek by nature or by experience
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apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
@ bootmakr
I've shortened my last post in order to make it simpler. I cut out the question about the correct updating sequence and saved it for later. Thanks for being so quick to share your experiences. I'll keep your answer in mind.
I've shortened my last post in order to make it simpler. I cut out the question about the correct updating sequence and saved it for later. Thanks for being so quick to share your experiences. I'll keep your answer in mind.
Last edited by msbln on Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
Hi msbin;msbln wrote:@ bootmakr
I've shortened my last post in order to make it simpler. I cut out the question about the correct updating sequence and saved it for later. Thanks for being so quick to share your experiences. I'll keep that in mind.
My sources are the same and these work fine. I've commented out the ones that I tried and don't work.
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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
I've used italics here to show that this is my understanding of what I have read, not necessarily talking for LMDE
bootmakr
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
@bootmakr
Well, looks like I should do an backup-image and try the different update/upgrade-processes (in the next days).
Thanks for your information.
Well, looks like I should do an backup-image and try the different update/upgrade-processes (in the next days).
Thanks for your information.
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
msbin, if you didn't update this newly installed system yet good
take a look at this topic http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=185&t=82346 where you are going to see:
- the correct (if you want to stay in sync with the UP) sources.list that you should use from now on (and before any update)
- the fix for one most probably error (gstreamer) that is going to popup during the update process
- if you're using a 32bit kernel make sure (after the update is finish) to install the headers for the new kernel
- latest and incoming are virtually the same, with the only difference being that UP reaches incoming a few days sooner for testing porposes
take a look at this topic http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=185&t=82346 where you are going to see:
- the correct (if you want to stay in sync with the UP) sources.list that you should use from now on (and before any update)
- the fix for one most probably error (gstreamer) that is going to popup during the update process
- if you're using a 32bit kernel make sure (after the update is finish) to install the headers for the new kernel
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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.0.0-1-686-pae
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
zerozero,
Freshly installed system is unchanged yet. After editing the repos to ...
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
... the UpdateManager still offers to update "mintupdate-debian" 1.0.3 to 1.0.4.
Is it advisable to do that or should I work with the terminal instead ?
Freshly installed system is unchanged yet. After editing the repos to ...
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
... the UpdateManager still offers to update "mintupdate-debian" 1.0.3 to 1.0.4.
Is it advisable to do that or should I work with the terminal instead ?
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
for these big updates i would go with the command line update (you have more control)
Re: MintUpdate-Debian - is it now safe to use?
What I've done so far:
0) Fresh install of LMDE (Sept2011)
1) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2) sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb
3) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
4) sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.0.0-1-686-pae
Update Manager now tells me the system is up to date,
although the UP-Info states that UpdatePackage 2 is still used and UP3 is available.
What UP is under the hood now?
0) Fresh install of LMDE (Sept2011)
1) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2) sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb
3) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
4) sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.0.0-1-686-pae
Update Manager now tells me the system is up to date,
although the UP-Info states that UpdatePackage 2 is still used and UP3 is available.
What UP is under the hood now?
Last edited by msbln on Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:22 pm, edited 2 times in total.